God Salvages a Silver Lining from All Your Adversities

God Salvages a Silver Lining from All Your Adversities

Let’s face it: some things happen where there is no obvious silver lining. Sometimes, things just plain suck. Whether it is a one time event or a series of decisions or events that lead to it, life will have trials. We do and will continue to face adversity. And, in...
7 Posts About Trusting God in Every Season of Life

7 Posts About Trusting God in Every Season of Life

Trusting God is a concept that runs the gamut from trusting his work in your life to the work in the lives of others. That means in our homes, our cities, our countries and our world. It means trusting God to bring non-believers to know him – and on his time....
How to Find God When Your Tunnel Suddenly Darkens

How to Find God When Your Tunnel Suddenly Darkens

The ways we find God is a common theme or trope throughout book, film, television and story in general. Ever notice it’s almost always through tragedy or struggle? You know, some sort of hardship? Though I bet it does happen, I am doubting many people find God...
Unlearning the Blame Game and Learning to Reframe

Unlearning the Blame Game and Learning to Reframe

The concept of organizational unlearning came into my purview while studying for my master’s degree. It refers to “the discarding of old routines to make way for new ones.” When I applied that to my career experiences, I realized I was seeing it play out in some way...
Being a Difference Maker When Justice Seems Unlikely

Being a Difference Maker When Justice Seems Unlikely

I gotta think we all would like to say we are a difference maker in some form. Whether it is in the lives of our children, in our careers or through our service to others, we make an impression. The type of impression, though, should be one of positivity and valuable...
A Review of The Power of Positive Leadership by Jon Gordon

A Review of The Power of Positive Leadership by Jon Gordon

In the very beginning of The Power of Positive Leadership: How and Why Positive Leaders Transform Teams and Organizations and Change the World, Jon Gordon is very upfront about the fact that he is not a naturally positive person. Boy, can I relate! Most who know me...
7 Posts About Bringing Change by Defying Status Quo

7 Posts About Bringing Change by Defying Status Quo

I used to roll my eyes when bringing change was suggested. No matter where it was, I held hard to an “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” mentality. Frankly, i was comfortable with status quo and bringing change meant more work, adapting and was potentially a brig threat...
Is there a Momentum Effect in Sports and in our Lives?

Is there a Momentum Effect in Sports and in our Lives?

I’ve heard many sports talk personalities debate the existence of a momentum effect. It’s also sometimes called psychological momentum. Some will swear it exists and then immediately dismiss their credibility by suggesting there are also curses and responses to not...