What is the secret of helping someone gain confidence and grow in effectiveness? The answer is in the title, by being an active participant in the cycle of affirmation. Affirmation leads to confirmation which leads to confidence. Confidence then builds and grows in competence. As we become more competent, we receive more affirmation. But there … More The Cycle of Affirmation
The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but a person of understanding draws them out. Proverbs 20:5 There are many ways to look at grace. You could say that grace comes from an act of forgiveness, and it does. Or, positionally, it is seen as “unmerited favor,” and it is. But grace when it comes to … More Friday Faith: How grace works at works
Within each of us resides story after story after story of what has happened in our lives that contribute to why we are the way we are, why we do this or that, or why we are this way or that way. Yet we often judge people based upon our assumptions rather than consider their … More The Untold Story
I’ve always been a reflective person, but right now, I seem to be in a reflective season. Granted, the older you get, I think the more reflective you get. And granted, we are coming out of a very sober and somber time in the world. Yet, reflection is a connection to the past, a consideration of the present, … More Don’t forget to remember
The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but a person of understanding draws them out. Proverbs 20:5 There are many ways to look at grace. You could say that grace comes from an act of forgiveness, and it does. Or, positionally it is seen as “unmerited favor,” and it is. But grace when it comes to … More Friday Faith: How grace works at work
Watching the first day of the 2021 Masters Tournament, there was a highlight reel of Jordon Spieth from the 2017 Masters as he was hitting out of some pine straw some 230 yards away from the hole, asked his caddie, Michael Greller, “what would Arnie do?” He of course was referring to the great Arnold Palmer. … More “What would Arnie do?”
I hope, I think, our hearts have been reshaped and rewired, and our purpose has been reordered. Out of this mess, this time of wondering, we have been thinking about our purpose and the purpose of our business. The purpose we conclude is not to make money per se, but what we can do with that money. It … More Upside-down turned right-side up: Make an impact
Now that we’ve grieved and accepted our situation, heard the counsel of wise people, become open to something different, and prayed through our situation, we can see that it is time to turn the corner. Turning the corner is a way of saying making a fresh new start. A new start with more wisdom and experience. Experience … More Upside-down turned right-side up: Turn the Corner
As a person of faith, I believe in prayer. I believe in going in prayer to a God who is above us, yet with us. A God who overall yet understands us all. A God who is superior yet walked among us. A God of compassion, love, and mercy. Prayer is our connection to a God who is listening, … More Upside-down turned right-side up: Pray
As I previously mentioned, on the other side of my losses I found myself doing something and going somewhere I had never previously seen or planned. It’s as if God used my losses to push me toward something I had never thought of. I was not open to it before. In essence, I had to hit bottom to … More Upside-down turned right-side up: Be open to something different
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