When I was starting Summit Leaders I wrote dozens of letters to potential speakers. In the nicest way possible they all said. NO. I just got a lovely NO letter today. I used to get so discouraged. I assumed no one liked my plan. I must have missed God. Maybe this wasn’t really a vision he gave me. But then something happened. One day someone said YES. And then ...
For some reason Alice in Wonderland creeps me out. The whole story is bizarre. But there's one part that really stuck with me. "Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" [Alice] "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat. "I don’t much care where--" said Alice. "Then it doesn’t matter which way you go," said ...
There’s a looped recording that plays in my head nearly every day. It usually jumps to about 120 decibels just about the time I sit behind my little computer and start to write. The recording says this: Why would anyone want to listen to anything you have to say? If I dwell on that message too long it's not too hard to affirm the recording: I’m not a pastor ...
Here's a letter I got last week in response to a blog I wrote: So, how do we discern if discomfort is fear/insecurity or evidence He's got something else for you somewhere else? I've struggled for the past 2 years about getting a teaching position. I'm here now and hate it. It does not stir my affections for God, but rather exhausts me in every way, which I'm sure would ...
When someone asks me, "What do you do for a living?" and I tell them, one of two things happens: 1) They say, "That's neat." Then change the subject. 2) Their eyes get wide and I can tell they are one of those people. (more on that Friday) The next question they invariably ask is, "How do you get into that line of work?" I tell them I started the organization. Which ...