A couple years ago, while attending a conference for those in Christian ministry, I attended a workshop on avoiding burnout. Within the previous year or two, I’d come across colleagues in the ministry who shared their experience of being burned out, and they were men in the same stage of…
Don’t you love it when a plan comes together and everything goes off without a hitch—no hiccups, snafus, or unexpected “surprises”? I mean, you work hard to put a plan together, coordinate all the pieces, making sure each one functions properly, and then launch time comes. Like a well-oiled machine,…
Facing the end of another year often thrusts us in evaluation mode—it does me, anyway, and I suspect I’m not the only one. Usually before looking at what was accomplished, I tend to focus on what wasn’t accomplished. “Surely I could’ve done so much more!” I find myself lamenting. The…
Not sure about you, but around this time every year I get to thinking about the next. The new year is fast approaching, and it’s time to evaluate, plan, and set goals. I’m not a natural at this whole process, so in the past few years, I’ve turned to some…
For the last few weeks, almost everywhere you go, songs of the holiday season fill the air. Some radio stations have even been playing only Christmas music since before Thanksgiving, probably because of the shorter Thanksgiving-to-Christmas period. Have you paid any attention to what’s playing? If so, you’ve probably not…
There are those times in life—thankfully rare—when we get up in the morning, the sun is shining in a near cloudless sky, and everything seems right in the world (at least in our little corner). We embark on the day with delightful ambition, looking forward to all it has in…
Steve Jobs hired Tim Cook in 1997 to help bring Apple back from the brink of bankruptcy to being the highly profitable company it had been until Microsoft Windows-based PCs took the home and business computer industry by storm. It was a daunting task. Cook’s role as Leader of Operations…
Days can go by and I scarcely notice them, yet my life is critically dependent upon them. And there’s so many of them all around me, in an array of sizes and shapes and minute characteristics. I’m talking about trees. And so is Matthew Sleeth in his wonderful little book,…
Looming on the horizon later this Thanksgiving week, Black Friday beckons the highly commercialized and materialistic West to shop. Luring us into the darkness with promises of unbeatable deals on everything from diamonds and luxury cars to toys and clothing, shoppers are urged to forgo sleep to take advantage of…
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