We begin selling ourselves on what we want to do rather than what we ought to do. We listen to ourselves until we believe our own lies, and the we opt for happiness.

We want time in with our kids not time out.

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?

Our fear of not mattering much has the potential to draw us away from what matters most.

God doesn’t want to take your money. He just doesn’t want your money to take you.

There is an inexorable correlation between leadership and change.

One of the most difficult tasks of visioneering is distinguishing between good ideas and God ideas.