Not So Special After All

In my school classes like art and music were called “specials.” I always thought that was odd since math was the most special class of all. When you start attaching labels, weird things happen. Last week I called myself The Special Needs Guy on our team. A few folks, notably my friend Kristen, called me out. […]

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A River Of Life

God continues to expand the circle around the FREEDOM TOUR. When we started this crazy idea two summers ago we believed He would bring the right people into the circle. The process hasn’t always gone according to MY plan, but looking back it’s amazing to trace His faithfulness. He’s consistently brought people and partners who […]

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What’s Your Idea?

What’s your Idea Worth Spreading? That’s the mantra of the TEDx Front Range Conference. Every talk should be distilled to a single idea worth spreading, and if the speaker’s effective the audience should be able to summarize the idea in a sentence or two. I’ve attended a couple of peer coaching sessions. It’s fascinating to see […]

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No Victims

Being part of the FREEDOM TOUR team is a blessing. Membership offers a variety of benefits, but there’s one thing I can’t be as part of this team. I can’t be a victim. I have this nasty tendency to feel sorry for myself. Given the choice, I lean toward blaming circumstances or other people when […]

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A New Look At Courage

I’m excited about my upcoming talk at TEDx Front Range. I’ll encourage the audience to follow big dreams. At one point I’ll show this picture and ask them to consider an important insight: When you help someone climb a hill, you end up at the top. I borrowed these thoughts from the archives to illustrate […]

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Deadlines

…don’t always have to mean dead. Becky and I don’t enforce deadlines very well. We seek excuses to make exceptions whenever possible. Occasionally we ask ourselves where we should draw the line. I suppose that’s one reason to have a clear vision statement: Create a community that empowers people to trust God, work together as servant leaders, […]

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