My 7-yr old had his little league evaluations last night. Great outing. I’m working on negotiating his contract and Albert Pujols will be jealous. In light of the upcoming baseball season and my son’s prospective rookie outing, it got me to thinking about my favorite baseball movies of all time. Here’s the list:
Noah teaches us that WHO is at the center of our lives is much more important than WHAT we are building. Noah didn’t find his identity in the ark—the thing that he was building. He lived in the dream but found his identity in the Dream Giver. Noah didn’t make the ark the center of…
Michael Hyatt shared this quote from Do The Work (Steven Pressfield) on his blog and I had to repost it! Great stuff! The three dumbest guys I can think of: Charles Lindbergh, Steve Jobs, Winston Churchill. Why? Because any smart person who understood how impossibly arduous were the tasks they had set themselves would have…
I read these great thoughts on teamwork this morning: “For there to be teamwork, several things must happen. First, team members must genuinely believe that the value of the team’s success is greater than the value of their own individual interests. Second, personal sacrifice must be encouraged and then rewarded – by the team leader…
Theologian Frederick Buechner noted that, “vocation is where our greatest passion meets the world’s greatest need.” I believe all of us have the capacity to live out our passion in a manner that serves others – and ultimately changes the world in our own small way. The same God who created our lives for serving…
Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. (Joshua 1:7 ESV) In his book The 17 Essential Qualities of a…
Coca-Cola is the most recognizable brand on the planet. The soft drink empire has survived two World Wars, one Cold War, one Great Depression, “Cola Wars,” and a marketing blunder of the century.
When you know the size of your God, the size of your giants becomes irrelevant. In my book 13-Foot Coffins, I talked about how God has a coffin for every giant you will ever face, regardless of its size. In my lifetime, I’ve met many giants that I didn’t have the courage or power to…
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:
One of the greatest lessons we can learn from Joseph’s life is that there will always be more opportunities to quit than there are opportunities to conquer. Our dreams are always filled with detours and surprises, setbacks and hardships. But we can be assured that if our dream comes from God, the dream holds us when we feel unable to hold it.