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This morning I had a huge revelation about my practice as a business coach. I came to coaching after twenty years of church ministry. In my work as a missionary and pastor, we sought to help people in their struggles and challenges in life. We called it leaning into the mess. 

Leaning...

Today I want to talk about wearing masks.

Not the kind of masks that are protecting us from the virus, but masks that cover our insecurities and help us to deal with life. A lot of people wear masks, because of the hurts we’ve all experienced. Maybe it’s words about our appearance, or...

I am continuing the importance of love and how important it is that we love each other and love others. Previously, I wrote about the power of words. About the power of words in your influence of other people, or the power of words that have been used influence us. Such as words your parents used...

I think our world needs more love, needs to understand love better. I just wanted to share some points that maybe could be helpful for some folks. So let’s just talk about what love is, and maybe isn’t. You know, I think our culture and movies and shows and especially, romantic...

Before Christmas, I had the opportunity to go wild hog hunting in Texas. I know some of you might have a different opinion about hunting but let me share two thoughts. First, for a farmer in Texas wild hogs are like having mice in your kitchen pantry. They are rodents that destroy and consume....

Christmas brings to most people’s minds a time for giving. For most, it is a wonderful time of year, because of the energy created through giving. It is sad to me that this giant focus on giving for many people is narrowed down to this one time of year.

Giving should be an attitude and a...

Last week we talked about money and this week I want to briefly discuss the idea that business is evil.

There is a trend in the media and news to portray business in a negative light and it seems to be growing lately. Business charges money and therefore is evil. This is a dangerous trend and...

It is startling to me as I have spent the last couple of years as an entrepreneur how our culture, the world, seems to demonize money and business. I will leave the question of whether business is evil for another day.

The Bible teaches that the desire for money is evil, literally the love of...

This year many of our routines have been broken or changed but it should show us the importance of our routines.

Over the last four or five years, I did a large amount of my morning routine while having breakfast at McDonalds. I know it is not the healthiest option, but it worked for me. In fact,...

We all make mistakes, everyone knows that. Some of us even make stupid mistakes. 

It is interesting to me that if we ALL make mistakes and we all expect to make mistakes, then why do we get so upset with ourselves when we make mistakes?

On my recent trip to New England, we chose a luxury...

My wife and I recently travelled to New England and spent some time enjoying the early history of our country and my own families ties to that history. 

I have connections to the earliest settlers in Jamestown, to a family on the Mayflower and to many of the patriots who chose to fight for...

Let me admit my bias, as a coach, and coaching client, YES! 

I think there are a lot of misconceptions about coaching.

1. The coach should be an expert in my industry.

There are industry specific coaches and they can have value, but they also have limitations. They have a system or...