We're kicking off the fall season at church with a new series that has to do with drawing people in from the local community to hear a non-threatening series that can help anyone. During the last year, the leadership team…
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I thought long and hard about what to call tonight's post. In fact, I have changed the name several times. I thought about putting Methodist or Presbyterian or Baptist or Catholic in the title, but I really didn't want to alienate…
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I was speaking with Kristin several weeks ago about a topic having to do with people who are judgmental about others. As is usual during conversations with her, she comes up with something innocent, and funny, that perfectly illustrates the…
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Every so often, I am invited to fill in for a pastor and take over the preaching duties at various churches. Well, today was such a day. On and off throughout the last 5 years of so, I usually get…
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I have spent many years of my life teaching leadership dynamics and organizational behavior to teams of all kinds. I have worked with groups involved in designing and building morphine pumps for patients in chronic back pain, stents for the…
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When I was a young boy, my Dad worked in the Tribune Tower overlooking the Chicago River in downtown Chicago. It was a beautiful Gothic building that is the destination of many architectural students who travel from all over the…
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When I was a young boy growing upon the south side of Chicago, we didn't start back to school until several days after Labor Day. Now that's not how it is here in Indiana, or most other places these days,…
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Today is Labor Day, 2012. Admittedly, it is the time of year that summer traditionally starts to wind down and kids get back in the groove of attending school. There is the slightest hint of fall in the air and…
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