Live each day with an open ear toward heaven, eager to respond to any whisper from God.

Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don't.

If the request is wrong, God says, No. If the timing is wrong, God says, Slow. If you are wrong, God says, Grow. But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, Go!

Your culture will only ever be as healthy as the senior leader wants it to be.

Wise leaders understand that the single greatest determinant of whether followers will ever own a vision deeply is the extent to which whose followers believe the leader will own it.

The leader is the organization's top strategist... systematically envisioning the future and specifically mapping out how to get there.

Authentic Christians are persons who stand apart from others. Their character seems deeper, their ideas fresher, their spirit softer, their courage greater, their leadership stronger, their concerns wider, their compassion more genuine and their convictions more concrete.