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Category: Relationships

  • Mentoring Lessons: Part 2 of 5

    This post is an excerpt from a previous post titled Mentoring: The Top Ten Things I Learned From Bill Ferrell. Each day this week i will repost two of the top ten mentoring lessons I learned. Enjoy! Mentoring doesn’t generally happen within the context of official programmed ministries, but rather through relationships. An example of this is the…

  • Mentoring Lessons, Part 1 of 5

    This post is an excerpt from a previous post titled Mentoring: The Top Ten Things I Learned From Bill Ferrell. Each day this week i will repost two of the top ten mentoring lessons I learned. Enjoy! Mentoring doesn’t generally happen within the context of official programmed ministries, but rather through relationships. An example of this is…

  • Leadership Lessons from My Dad

    In my experience, strong leadership isn’t something that we learn in a lecture or a classroom. It is something we develop through our experiences, challenges, and the examples of others. Some people are a great example of strong leadership, while others are equally valuable to observe for the benefit of seeing the effects of poor…

  • My Priorities

    Over the years I have settled on some priorities in life that enable me to continuously grow as a husband, dad, and leader. My hope is that every man would consider these priorities to lead well in his family. I understand we all have different personalities and relationship dynamics. Not all men are “Type A” outgoing…

  • Life is Fragile

    Life is Fragile. I’m reminded of that all the time, so apparently I’d better remember this. On Monday I took my 37 weeks pregnant wife to the hospital, because she fell down a flight of stairs. I found her lying face down at the bottom of the stairs after hearing a loud noise while I…

  • Through A Mother’s Eye

    Words cannot express the level of thanks and gratitude we have for each and every person who took time to pray for our sweet Clare this past week. Our Father heard each and every word lifted up and He showed mercy, mercy which is new every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23). She had spinal surgery to untether…

  • My Daughter is Having Surgery

    My Daughter is having surgery on her spinal cord on Tuesday, 7/24. She is diagnosed with what is called a Tethered Spine, and a Dermoid. Scary stuff! The surgery will include removing the Dermoid from her lower back and resulting in untethering her spine. The goal is to reduce the danger of infection by removing…

  • Mentoring: The Top 10 Things I Learned From Bill Ferrell

    During my farewell speech at The Heights, I got too choked up to actually say some nice things about my friend and mentor, Bill Ferrell. This blog post will hopefully lay out what I wanted my people to know about him and about mentoring in general.   Mentoring doesn’t generally happen within the context of…

  • Five Reasons NOT To Marry That Person

    I’ve been asked many times how someone can tell when they have found the right person to marry. I have a lot to say on that subject, for sure. But for starters, here are Five Reasons NOT To Marry That Person… Reason #1: They are cheating on their spouse with you. Seriously now… two people stood up…

  • Parenting: My kids do not exist for my benefit

    My kids do not exist to make me happy or fill a void in my life. As a parent, I am not looking to my boy to somehow give my life meaning and to my daughter for fulfillment that only God can provide. My role is to help shape him as a man turn him…