archive: Regi Campbell
Who Ya Gonna’ Call?
Posted in Mentoring with 2 Comments on February 4th.
As a man, I’m not all that crazy about asking for help. No stopping to ask for directions…I’ll figure it out on my own. So what if I make a couple of wrong turns, go a little out of the way, or slide in a little late? Same thing applies to most of the decisions [...]
“Are You Jesus?”
Posted in Identity with 15 Comments on January 31st.
(A close friend sent me this. I didn’t live it or write it. I wish I had) A few years ago, a group of salesmen went to a regional sales convention in Chicago. They had assured their wives they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night dinner. In their rush through the [...]
“P” or “J”? “Usher” or “Bouncer”?
Posted in blog, Walking the Talk with 4 Comments on January 28th.
Everybody I know has taken the Myers-Briggs personality test at one time or another. Most can remember their letters, like “ENTJ” or “ISTP”. The test was built in the 1920’s from the work of psychologist Carl Jung who theorized four principal psychological functions by which we experience the world: sensation, intuition, feeling, and thinking. The [...]
All Roads (Should) Lead to Progress
Posted in Character with 8 Comments on January 24th.
A young friend of mine is screwing up his marriage so bad, I can hardly watch. If there’s a list of things to do wrong, he can check every box. I asked my friend John how I should go about helping him. (John is who I always ask when I don’t know what to do) [...]
The “God life” and EXCLUSIVITY
Posted in blog, Community with 0 Comments on January 21st.
Some time back, I read where someone asked Carl Sandburg (the famous North Carolina poet whose words were like a magnifying glass to human emotion) what was his least favorite word. His answer? The word “exclusive.” Eugene Peterson, in The Message paraphrase of the Bible, says this as he introduces the book of Luke: “Most [...]
The Marriage Cage
Posted in blog, Marriage with 4 Comments on January 17th.
Marriage is easy when you’re feeling the love. But when you aren’t, marriage feels like a cage: “I’m trapped in here with this woman I don’t love and who doesn’t love me. I can’t get out and neither can she. This marriage is holding both of us back from being happy!” But think about this. [...]
Are you waiting….or procrastinating?
Posted in blog, Decision Making, Mentoring with 2 Comments on January 14th.
Over the last 12 years, ninety-six guys have been “Radically Mentored” around my dining room table. Around the world, another 2,400 guys have had similar experiences. Some mentor poured his cup into their cup. They made a covenant commitment to pour their cups into some younger guys’ cups…when God lets them know they’re ready. Some [...]
3 Questions to Diagnose a Sick Leader
Posted in blog, Leadership with 4 Comments on January 10th.
With half the country sick right now, everyone’s focused on colds and flu and germs. Schools are closed. People are wearing masks. Purell sales are through the roof. “Does he have a fever?” “How long has she had that cough?” “Is the sputum yellow or green?” Everyones’ a doctor these days. But what about leaders? [...]
Do you believe….or do you know?
Posted in blog, Theology with 2 Comments on January 7th.
There used to be a running debate in my head about when I became a Christian. When I walked the aisle in our little Baptist church at 10, I believed. But I also didn’t want to be the only 4th grader who hadn’t been dunked. Tommy Ford had gone up last Sunday night… I was [...]
Make a ‘people plan’
Posted in blog, Community with 7 Comments on January 3rd.
The best way to predict future behavior is past behavior. The definition of insanity is to repeat the same behavior and expect a different result. You can’t talk your way out of what you behave your way into. You have to ‘behave’ your way out of what you behave yourself into. Okay, so now I’ve shot my [...]
