Category: Word of the Week

HAPPY MONDAY! A bike tour starts in five days, prompting today’s word-of-the-week… BEGIN It’s that simple. After all the planning and anticipation, you have to turn the crank the first time. Without knowing what will happen or where it all will lead, you begin. I used to think these beginnings should be a big deal, […]

HAPPY MONDAY! The eve of a big project has me thinking a lot about today’s word-of-the-week… CULTURE I’ve envisioned for months how I want our team to operate. But all the vision in the world won’t matter if we don’t establish the proper culture. Culture is everything. Culture matters more than vision. Culture is vision […]

HAPPY MONDAY! A personal weakness got me thinking about today’s word-of-the-week… OUTCAST Jesus hung out with outcasts, right? We all know it’s true, and we all believe it’s a noble idea—for someone else. But if I’m honest, I don’t want to hang around with the homeless, the developmentally disabled, the poor, the addicts, the abused… […]

HAPPY MONDAY! The holiday sparks today’s word-of-the-week… MEMORIAL Today’s Memorial Day in the U.S. It’s a day for remembering, but memorials are also about traditions, markers, and monuments. Many of us will travel today to special places, either physically or in spirit, to pay our respects and remember loved ones. In Joshua 4, God told Joshua […]

HAPPY MONDAY! I think I’ve messed up a personal principle, which prompts today’s word-of-the-week… OTHERS Perhaps this is just for me, but I have a sense it might touch a few of you as well. I’ve been overly concerned lately with what others think. I value feedback and the counsel of friends. I’d never want […]

Happy Monday! Today we’re revisiting an odd word-of-the-week … Sisyphus Do you know the story of Sisyphus? He’s a character from Greek mythology who offended the gods. As punishment, Sisyphus was ordered to push a rock up a hill. Each time he reached the top, the rock rolled to the bottom. He was condemned to an […]

Happy Monday! I wanted to share a cool story. It’s posted over at the RICH’S RIDE blog but I thought it was worth sharing here as well. So we’ll talk about today’s word-of-the-week… BIKES I get to do some of the coolest stuff, mostly just by hanging around amazing people like you. A while back a few of […]

HAPPY MONDAY! Something our pastor said got me thinking about today’s word-of-the-week… BEST The preacher said, “We must do our best to …” I wondered how much God really expects from me. It seems like a lot of people get buried in the notion that God expects perfection, or at least some level of superhuman […]

HAPPY MONDAY! Easter inspired today’s word-of-the-week… CHANGED Darkness. Death. Decay. Imagine the absolute silence, the dampness, the lifeless body on a cold stone slab. Nobody knows how it happened. For three days the tomb contained only death, and then…lifeless lungs breathed, a dead heart beat. Picture it. Snap your fingers. One instant, death. The next, […]

HAPPY MONDAY! I’ve noticed something lately that prompts today’s word-of-the-week… TIME I notice two distinct groups of leaders with a large gap between them. In one group I find people who acknowledge others mostly when they need something from them. They talk about servant leadership, but careful observation reveals that they’re not spending much time […]

HAPPY MONDAY! A friend’s conversation brings us today’s word-of-the-week… BUT “We’re supposed to love everyone, aren’t we?” “Yes, but…” “I don’t think we can add a ‘but…’.” As I understand it, the conversation pretty much died at that point. # # # When it comes to stuff like love, grace, and forgiveness, there’s no such […]

HAPPY MONDAY! Some beautiful photography inspires today’s word-of-the-week… ART We attended a friend’s photography exhibition Friday evening. Rebecca’s mostlyself-taught—started snapping photos, enjoyed the results, bought better equipment, discovered she has a special eye, and developed her craft. Then she had the guts to share her art with the world. You should check out some of her […]