I mentioned this last week, and still don’t think I’m fully ready for this, but here goes. My father-in-law passed away on January 29. It was, for us, a long process, but in reality, a pretty quick progression. He was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in the esophagus and stomach, …
Support Counts
Last week my Father-in-law, Andy, passed away. I plan to reflect a little more on his passing in a future post, but for today I want to take a different approach. Over the course of the past year our family has walked an interesting path. Andy was diagnosed with Stage …
Leadership Takes Intentionality
“I accidentally lost 50 pounds this year!” “I accidentally read 20 books this month!” “I accidentally lead our church to grow by 300%!” There are some things we will never hear. Accidents happen, but rarely do accidents happen for the positive. People unknowingly gain weight, but only occassionally does anyone …
2018 In Review
I have been blogging for almost 2 full years. First of all, let me say that if you’re hanging in there with me, thank you so much. I cannot describe how much it means to me to have people who click to read my incoherent ramblings. My goal in starting …
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! I’ve spent quite a few words the past couple weeks trying to encourage gratitude (click here, here, or go back to Tueday’s post to see what I mean). But, if you have the time, I invite you to read this post–one that seemed to resonate with a large number …