This past weekend, the fam pulled out the old DVD, Cool Runnings. My children and I love this classic wintry adventure of the original Jamaican bobsled team. Here are some lessons on dreams and leadership that I took away from this film:
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say ‘I.’ And that’s not because they have trained themselves not to say ‘I.’ They don’t think ‘I.’ They think ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don’t sidestep it, but ‘we’…
“Good leaders must first become good servants.” Robert Greenleaf Leaders serve. It’s that simple. We can’t love God without loving people and we can’t love people without serving people. Scripture is clear that there is a correlation between loving God and esteeming people (1 John 4:20). In John 13:1-17, Jesus is coming to the end…
And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would…
You will never take my passion ‘Cause it always will remain Even if I lose this battle, oh yeah It’s just blood inside my veins That’s all I have to say The dream won’t go away You can’t steal from me What God gave me for free It all starts with a dream The dawn…
I just finished reading Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand. This book is an extraordinary account of the resiliency of the human spirit and power of redemption; from juvenile delinquency – to Olympic runner – to plane crash in the Pacific – to WWII POW in a…
I’ve been reading through the Book of Daniel in my morning devotions and have been jotting down some principles on Daniel’s leadership. The Bible says that Daniel had an “excellent” spirit within him. Here are some highlights I’ve been noting of his excellence in leadership: 1. Daniel wasn’t afraid to be different (Daniel 1). He…
Brad Lomenick has compiled a list of excellent leadership books. I’ve read many of these titles. I love Brad’s list, so here they are… 40 leadership books to read:
This is a repost, originally from an email a friend sent me a while back. I still love it! A man was sleeping one night in his cabin when the presence of the Lord suddenly awakened him. The Lord told the man he had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock…
An important message from Francis Chan, Hell: We can’t afford to get it wrong… plus we can’t afford to have the wrong tone or judgmental posture. Nevertheless, we must be willing and ready (1 Peter 3:15) to have the tough spiritual conversations about eternal realities. Life and death is at stake. You can get Chan’s…