What we can learn from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church

What we can learn from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church

This entry is from guest blogger Tara Miller, frequent co-author on my books. Over Thanksgiving weekend I visited an Ethiopian Orthodox Church.  Sometimes it’s refreshing to go into a situation where everything is different so you don’t have preconceived...

His love endures forever

1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever. 2 Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever. 3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever. 4 to him who alone does great wonders, His love endures forever. 5 who by his...

You know what’s really scary?

41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you...

The kindness of strangers

I’ve been amazed over the last month of my recuperation by how many others have been willing to come around and help me. Various people have driven me around. Someone came out and set up a wheelchair ramp for my outside stairs. People will hold elevators for me. Total...
My bum leg

My bum leg

On the last evening of my trip to Mexico City over two months ago, I fell down some stairs. I turned my ankle, twisted my knee and banged it. My host called a doctor, whose best medical advice was that I should get back to the U.S. and have it treated there. After...

The best board meeting in years

Most of us are hardwired to look at the negative. We see the mistakes, we see what’s not working. And people who come in for coaching are usually focused on a problem of some kind. Yet looking at the positive is what gives us more success and more energy to keep...