Sometimes when I see a loved one with a downcast gaze or sunken countenance, my heart seeks to sooth…

It is a Sunday morning in the fall and I’m sitting in front of my house, I’m not in any pain and I can feel it. Instead, I feel the chill in the air

Having spent more than two decades in the private sector before transitioning to the non-profit realm, I've grown increasingly aware of the profound yet subtle impact of loneliness on civic tolerance and business innovation alike...

You have one job. I hear you laughing through cyberspace. No, this is not a joke. I’m completely serious. So, what is the one job of leadership pray tell?

Recently I completed Steven Garber’s book “Visions of Vocation”. Mr. Garber’s work was deeply impactful to me and I want to share some thoughts.

You have a platform and we want to hear from you...all of you.

I heard a speaker at a recent conference discuss the idea of elevating in your work through making what the Kansas Leadership Center calls 'conscious choices.’

On this Father's Day I've been battling feeling overwhelmed. The responsibility, the financial provision, the mentoring and nurturing, etc... of the 5 beautiful children God has blessed me with. I love them and am thankful for them, and I'm battling a thought that they need and will need more than I can provide.

As many of you know my wife Kate and I have 5 children ranging in age from 15-2 years of age. We are busy in our day to day world and often feel more like an ATM machine mixed with a taxi service. Distributing money, resources and providing transportation. That is what we do.

Our primary purpose in our walk with God is that of a ‘son or daughter of God’. The thing about this primary identity is that our other roles in our lives often become exalted over this identity. It’s a real battleground. We usually say we are the worker, the husband, the wife, the boss, the father, the mother, the brother, the pastor, the rebel, the consumer, etc.., etc… Some of these other identities are fabulous and admirable, but the catch is that if we seek them first then we limit our ability to do any of them to the fullest potential that God intended.

Me and you as the prodigal son…the day after.

There are obviously many ways to express the compassion and love that God has for us, but perhaps my favorite is the prodigal son story.

We live in an individualist society in the midst of an individualist age. We want a customized experience, tailored specifically for each of us.

Choice in the moment. Are you a sinner or a saint?

What in the crap do we mean by “the church”??

Focusing on the outward appearance is like putting lipstick on a pig.

As we are building the thought of what is the church? As I talk to people, think, and pray I have been struck by how much I still think of “church” in particular Christian Unity from an external perspective. I read a verse that has left me shaken the last couple weeks.

People are “busy”. This epidemic of busyness is officially taking over. I see it getting the better out of most. I see young people, old people, rich people, poor people, unemployed people, people with multiple jobs, devout faith followers, agnostics and atheist and beyond all pulled in many directions and confessing “man I’m just so busy”. What is this force that drives us to wear busyness as a badge of honor?

I’m going to bet that if we ask God a question that He will answer. That’s called prayer, right? So, this is less of a blog and more of a prayer. Please join in it with me.

Do we believe God is good?

Today was our second week of focused prayer centered around the topics of: What is “The Church”? Is it an attainable and appropriate goal for the churches and individuals in Sedgwick, KS to be unified? If so, How do we do this? What specifically are we unified about?