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So today I packed up a bunch of stuff and drove one and a half hours down to the Bay Area for a speaking engagement… only to discover once I got there that the speaking engagement is tomorrow.
Oops.
So I know I am absent-minded but that’s a bit ridiculous. I’ve never been a whole day off [...]

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This past week I took a 5-day history class.
Yes, it was educational. Yes, I learned a lot. Yes it was required for my ministry licensing.
There were just a few minor problems:
1. I don’t like to study.
2. I don’t really care for history too much.
3. I have a terrible memory for faces, names, dates and events.
4. [...]

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Myers-Briggs type prayers

This week I went to a week-long class on Vocational Excellence. What an outstanding class! I learned so much and felt like it was a huge life-changing experience for me.
One of the goals of the class is to help you develop self-awareness so that you can develop good inner health for the long haul. We [...]

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Loneliness in Leadership

My friend Brian, who is a pastor, posted a while back about loneliness in leadership. His post really resonated with me, and the number of responses that he received showed that people really care and can relate.
There’s something about leadership, particularly church leadership, that causes loneliness. Perhaps it feels more acute in church leadership because [...]

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Me, Myself and Bob

Today, being a day off (because I didn’t get to take my holiday day last week), I tried to stay off the computer most of the day, or I would be tempted to work.
So I read Me, Myself and Bob, by Phil Vischer, the creator of VeggieTales.
I totally loved the book because:

It was funny. I [...]

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Yesterday I came home very very tired in the evening. I usually am not prone to tiredness, being full of ideas of things to do and projects to start and finish. However, last night was kind of interesting as I found myself in what I call a “funk.”
This is a pretty rare occasion for me, [...]

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