“As a man thinks in his heart, so is he…” Proverbs 23:7 Circumstances do not make the man; they reveal him to himself. James Allen was right!  A good friend/mentor of mine named Adrian Despres, an itinerant evangelist for KBM, once told me, "What you are behind the wheel is who you really are!" How true is that! Dr. Victor Frankl (interview), survivor of three grim years at Auschwitz and other Nazi prisons, recorded his observations on life in Hitler’s camps: We who lived in concentration ... Read More

So I was at church these past two weeks and twice the speaker or pastor referred to sanity and/or insanity. So it got me thinking. Albert Einstein once said, at least I believe he did, Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result each time (if anyone has the source for this, please let me know). How many times have we done this? Have you ever heard someone say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"? How ridiculous is that mentality or approach!? Think about it, ... Read More

Andy Stanley, Senior Pastor of Northpoint Community Church in Atlanta, GA with approximately 23,000 people, said, "When you stop challenging the process you stop leading, and you've begun managing ." Managing is not bad and people. Please don't get me wrong here. We need managers. We need people to oversee the administration of various programs or processes. However, if you have been gifted to lead, then you have no business managing. And if you have been gifted as a manager, then you have no ... Read More