2014
3 Temptations of Leadership: Pride
In an op-ed column in the New York Times, Frank Bruni had these admiring words to say about Pope Francis on the heels of the pontiff's interview with Fr. Anthony Spadaro, S.J.: "It was the sweetness in his timbre, the meekness of his posture. It was the revelation that a man can wear the loftiest of miters without having his head swell to fit it, and can hold an office to ...
3 Temptations of Leadership: Abuse of Power
I remember sitting at the lunch table with one of my friends in college when he dropped a bomb on me: "I'd say that at least 50 percent of the Bible majors are addicted to porn."
"What? You mean to tell me that half of those seeking to be pastors are addicted to porn?"
"Yes," he said.
I was thoroughly upset and demoralized. "Well, they'd better not enter the ministry until ...
If Your Heart Is Right, Ignore the Critics
Ambition is complicated. When related to material things it sounds like greed, so we often take the idea of "bigger and more" in our lives and boil it all down to sin. We sit in the back like my friend Jamie, who aches to dream, but says, "It always seems easier to sit on the back row and kill my dreams than to fight the sin that may be attached to those dreams." ...
Top 10 in 2013
Happy New Year!
Let me be among the first to welcome you to 2014. This year, God has plans and purposes for you, works he has long planned for you to do (Ephesians 2:10). I trust you will dedicate this new year to God and resolve to do life and ministry in his name, through the expected and the unexpected.
As I look ahead to a fresh year, I pause as usual to tell you which of ...
