Early this week I was able to reflect on the impact of a Godly mother on children and on their development into adulthood and hopefully she is impacting them to …
Leadership Lessons from Finding Nemo
I am in Orlando, FL as I write this morning. The kids are off at the playground and we are having a bit of a more calm day than the …
Encouraging Leaders
The English language is tricky. You can read the title of today’s article in two ways. You can read it as an admonition that we should encourage our leaders. And …
Things They Never Tell You – Part One
“I wish someone would have told me about that!” How many times have we said that as parents? I know that I have said it about a bazillion times. Or, …
Counting the Cost
As fathers, we are the “go-to” guys of the family. There is a lot that is expected of us. We are given enormous responsibility and we are going to ultimately …
Lessons From A Jewish Father
A little Jewish teaching today is what is in store for you today on Fatherhood Friday. I was recently reminded of the commands given to fathers from the Talmud. What …
Leadership Lessons from Fatherhood
If you ask many leaders who the greatest influence on their life has been they will often tell you that it has been John Maxwell, Jack Welch, Tom Peters, Ronald …
At Home – At Work – In the Mirror
Let’s begin with one of my basic premises: There is unity of life. What does that mean? It means that you are one person, not two, and not three or …
Convenient vs. Covenant Leadership
I know that today is Fatherhood Friday. But, I was discussing leadership topics with fellow author / leader, Wayne Butler the other day and I was a little aggravated with …
The Little Chap Who Follows Me
There has been a hand-made item hanging in my home for almost 30 years. It is very valuable to me. And this Christmas I gave it away. My mother made …