A New Way to Make a Big Decision
Posted in Decision Making with 4 Comments on May 20th.
When most of us have a decision to make, there’s three steps… 1. If we think it through and settle on an option, we’re ready to pull the trigger. So long as we’re reasonably sure. So long as we’re not sinning or violating God’s law. So long as we have a ‘plausible explanation’ if it [...]
Marriage Problems Don’t Exist
Posted in Marriage with 6 Comments on May 16th.
They are personal problems, revealed in the ‘white-hot heat’ of marriage. If you take away the veil of ‘marriage problems’ and look deeper, you’ll see ‘action’-‘response’ at work, over and over. One person says or does something. The other person responds. And with every problem…in every situation, you are either the actor or the responder. [...]
No Self-Esteem AND No Reputation?
Posted in blog, Leadership with 4 Comments on May 13th.
What kind of leader is a man of no self-esteem? A man who knows what God thinks of him, who doesn’t worry about what others think…how does he lead? Several years back, R. Scott Rodin left his job as president of Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He wrote an article about what he’d learned…. Five years [...]
A Revelation on Self-Esteem
Posted in Identity with 5 Comments on May 9th.
Every now and then, I find something that I know is going to stick with me for life. It’ll become a “Campbellism” someday because I’ll forget where I heard it and take credit for making it up myself. So here’s this big idea about self-esteem. This came from Tim Keller and his wonderful little book [...]
“I Just Want To Be Happy”
Posted in Walking the Talk with 2 Comments on May 6th.
How many times have you heard that? Or said it. “I’d be happy if I could lose another 10 pounds, but I hate starving all the time!” “I love the people I work with, but I’m so unhappy with my job.” “I can’t stand this apartment any more…I want a house!” “I’ll never be happy here. Don’t [...]
The first and ultimate question in Philosophy 101 and at the end of the Ph.D. The question men have pondered since the beginning. Turns out there are two kinds of people. One that noodles on this kind of question, and another who says “Hand me another beer!” and moves on. Down deep in all of [...]
God Speaks…Now What? (Prayer Part III)
Posted in blog with 2 Comments on April 29th.
There’s a moment… a split-second when you ‘hear’ His still small voice. When that thought comes to you. When you feel that unction. When words form in your mind that you didn’t ‘think’. Words from outside of you. It’s God. Speaking to you. Plain and simple: God’s voice must be responded to! “Behold, I stand [...]
Does Prayer “Work”? (Prayer Part II)
Posted in blog, Prayer with 7 Comments on April 25th.
Unsettling question isn’t it? Heretical to think ‘no.’ That would be sacrilegious and disappoint your mama if she ever heard you say it. But dishonest to say ‘yes’; too many examples of good prayers coming back with bad answers. Even the question seems to sully something holy. When we think about something that ‘works’, we [...]
A Breath of Fresh (Pr)-ayer! (Part 1)
Posted in Prayer with 3 Comments on April 22nd.
I’ve been frustrated and confused about prayer for a while. A few questions rattling around in my head…. -If God already knows what I want and need…and if I trust Him totally with outcomes, why would He want me to go over, and over, and over what’s on my mind? That seems inconsistent with what [...]
From Instagram Snapshot to Feature Film
Posted in Influence with Others with 4 Comments on April 18th.
When I was all of 24 years old, I met this guy at church. He was 26. Good looking. Friendly. Pretty wife. Adopted newborn kid. Former college quarterback. Physical therapist. Committed Christ-follower. His name was Butch Buchanan. Butch made a huge impression on me. He was a quiet guy, but there was substance about him. [...]
