Dream. Let Machines Do. Be Righteous.

There are real failures happening in the culture today. Bad people want your kid’s minds and souls. Be aware and defend the family. The righteous men and women need to speak up and start making a pushback for values and against vice. Teach your kids well because no one has a greater interest than you.

I am definitely not a perfectionist. I believe in excellence but perfection is a mirage. When you pursue excellence, you’re giving the best you can toward something, accepting it, and learning toward the next iteration. Perfection is the need for flawlessness and it can be haunting.

Advent is more than Christmas to-dos. After I took a long exhale and regrouped I changed my mind. We put a YouTube crackling fire on the TV and opened up some books and snuggled in. The kids smothered me on the floor as I read and Ani sat behind me…

“Maybe you’re not good… yet.”

Using a messy second-floor bathroom flood as a metaphor, this post encourages leaders to focus on solutions, stay calm, and find humor and lessons when things go wrong.

This post teaches how to accept losses gracefully: keep your head high, learn lessons, and see losses as opportunities to grow in leadership and life.

This post encourages readers to recognize and celebrate victories big or small, emphasizing temperance, gratitude and sharing joy with others to cultivate a positive leadership and life.

When we do what is given to us faithfully, God provides the rest. Every yes, no, maybe, and yes-then-nos, or no-then-yeses all along the way provide exactly what the Lord has intended.

As a man, I see genuine masculinity under assult in society. I hear from men all the time of the struggles they face – direction, commitment, fatigue, goals, and accountability with the families, lives, and dreams they lead. I feel all of this not because I’m on the clouds above it but because I’ve been working through it all myself.

The physical mountain is perennial, but the answers to the proverbial mountains in our life have answers. We don’t need to be stuck there. So as the saying goes, “Come with a why and leave with a purpose,” is true. We have extraordinary purpose, whether it is small or large, this life isn’t to be wasted.

“Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild.” Immanual Kant *Quick note* I missed my first Climb last week. We had a killer event in youth ministry, YouCon and I was on full afterburners all week. I’m sorry I missed you – but if I was going to break goal for … Continue reading Mind Dump & Priorities

“Security is defined by ones ability to produce.” General Douglas MacArthur Do you feel like you have a lot of responsibility and need to organize it? How do you keep yourself on track and prioritize? You might have your own systems in place for keeping all that you do in check – but in the … Continue reading The Weekly Planning Session

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” Napoleon Hill I saw a presentation a long time ago that stuck with me. The presenter was talking about how to lay out your priorities in planning. He started by talking about how everything is constantly vying for your attention, to equal urgency … Continue reading Big Rocks vs Little Rocks

You have great things on your mind and heart. That greatness isn’t the “worldly greatness” but one of the Lord. That’s different. It’s life-giving. What dream do you need to breathe life into with action?

“Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what is.” Steve Jobs One of the most difficult things to accomplish is taking what dream and vision you have on your heart and mind, and give it wheels. How do you do it? Building a business, leading in ministry, raising a family, learning a … Continue reading Do. Intentionally.

I’m not great at the vacation thing in this season of life, maybe you can relate. There’s so much to do and two weeks doesn’t seem like a lot of time to do it. I have plenty of run-over from work on my mind. I’ll have finished vacation time by the time my head realizes I’m on it.

Moving a dream to crafting a vision and building a roadmap of goals requires planning and hard work….

It’s not just about the physical challenge of course. We’re spiritual and mental creatures too. This retreat is designed for the man looking to climb the mountains in their life. We’re going to have an incredible group of intentional men who need to make space for clarity of what’s being asked of them in life. Everyone comes from a different discipline or vocation but we share the common thread of being a man formed by God with purpose.

You can either square up with what’s been sitting on the heart or confirm that it’s not something you’re going to do — which frees up cap space for the things you do want to do. But as my dad raised us on… “the worst things in life are the woulda, coulda, shouldas.”