The more varied the environments in which you exercise your leadership gift, the stronger that gift will become. You will become a far more effective leader.

The only way to motivate people is to live a motivated life in front of them

If you are anything like me you'll have to fight tooth-and-nail to stay in the game (evangelism). Because although the home runs have been invigorating, my batting average over the years is abysmally low.

God wants to father all of us until we're dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.

Everyone wins when a leader gets better

This is the only leadership life I get, my one and only shot at following God the way I feel him prompting me to do so. This isn't some pre-game warm-up. It's the game, and the clock is ticking!

One thing is that life's great moments evolve from simple acts of cooperation with God's mysterious promptings-nudges that always lean toward finding what's been lost and freeing what's been enslaved .