I’m on a trip this week with my church. Over the years, during and after trips I realize key details that need to be fixed. This year, I realized something early in the trip: I am the only adult who has seen a schedule. Our trip is one we have …
wes Check It Out – Rows vs. Round Tables
A few summers ago I took a group of student leaders to a conference in the metroplex. While there, instead of sitting in rows, we sat around tables. We came home and within a few months we made the switch in our youth room to round tables. The discussion, warmth, …
Learning to Trust
My youngest daughter broke her leg in January. She spent 5 weeks in a cast. Now she has the cast off, and for the last two weeks she has been retraining her leg muscles, and her brain, to walk the right way. More than the physical training, though, it’s been interesting …
Be Careful Who Speaks into Your Life
For the record, one of the regular parts of what I’m going to try to write about are little lessons I’ve learned along the way. This semester I have the fortune of having an intern, and every week we sit down for what I call “incoherent ramblings”. Often these are …
Don’t Hide from Hard Conversations
Have you ever had a meeting scheduled that you dreaded all day? Maybe it’s a yearly review, a potentially explosive situation, or a conversation you are fully expecting to go south. Over the years, I have learned the difficult lesson to not run away from difficult conversations. A few years …