If it suddenly became impossible for us to cover up all the junk we normally hide from the rest of humanity, I have a feeling we would all get real motivated to deal with the source of what ails us.

Your character is who you really are.

When the house is on fire, don't tell me what your spiritual gift is. Just grab a hose and put out the fire.

Just as Jesus predicted, what originates in the secret place won't always remain a secret. ... How do we guard -- or maybe it would be more appropriate to say, guard against -- our hearts? How do we monitor what's going on in that secret place that has the potential to go public at any moment?

Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away.

Where there's no progress, there's no growth. If there's no growth, there's no life. Environments void of change are eventually void of life.

People do not plan to mess up their lives. They just don't plan not to.