The Lord's Prayer is an excellent model, but it was never intended to be a magical incantation to get God's attention. Jesus gave this prayer as a pattern to suggest the variety of elements that should be included when we pray.

Prayerless people cut themselves off from God's prevailing power, and the frequent result is the familiar feeling of being overwhelmed, overrun, beaten down, pushed around, defeated. Surprising numbers of people are willing to settle for lives like that.

Truly, spiritual courage is on the endangered character-quality list.

We live in a world that is crying out for better leadership.

If it's the last thing I do, I will give every ounce of the rest of my life to helping leaders and churches get better.

Don't steamroll your way into a conversation before establishing any relational credibility.

The heart and soul of the Christian life is learning to hear God's voice and then developing the courage to do what he asks us to do.