Confession time - I've walked down a different aisle in a store just to avoid talking to someone. I know what you are thinking...what a horrible person! But it's true.
One of the greatest dark sides of people pleasing is that I have a hard time saying "no". Just ask my wife (on second thought don't ask her she might not like me then).
Leadership has its challenges. This reality struck me in a new way with a question asked at a small group I was a part of once...
All of these images should evoke a different emotion and response, that's the intention. Even as we see the church depicted in ways designed to illicit positive emotions, the reality can be quite different. And this past year was no different...
Toxic people are those who don't support your dream. They are the one's who keep you from growing and going where you hoped. What are we to do with such people?
It happens every day to everyone. There is not a person on the planet who does not encounter this at some level every day of the year. Even those who seek to avoid it, deal with it. This is part... Continue Reading →
Preacher on the Run... 