Creation Thought
If you believe in Creation – you have been created with the ability to bear fruit.  You have been created with the ability for more.  Birds were created to make more birds.  Whales were created to make more whales.  Apple trees were created to make more apple trees.  Pretty much, I can keep going and list every single thing and it has the potential for creating more or creating something. Man and woman were created to procreate, but men and women were also created with the ability to create as well – maybe not to create out of nothing – but definitely the ability to create from things already created.  You and I have the capability and ability to

Tweet like a Pharisee
I didn’t know what else to call it.  I’m not even quite sure I know how to write down what I want to communicate, but I guess there’s a fine line between self-promotion and being a pharisee.  Okay, so I guess back in the day, being a Pharisee was quite an honor.  I mean, you were the spiritual one.  Today, we kinda use it in a negative light – because we simply don’t know that culture.  We tend to use Pharisee as a fraud or a fake – well, at the very least someone that’s doing it more for show and himself than for God.  That’s how I’m using the term here. Now, I’m all about self promotion – especial

LL24: Distributed Leadership
As I described in the opening paragraph of the Leadership Lessons section of this blog, I follow a few blogs on leadership.  I came across a post from @metacool (Diego Rodriguez at Stanford School of Business) – here’s his post.  His post was on the Circle of Influence – a shift in the leadership paradigm.  The shift is from a centralized/concentrated center of power and more toward a networked and distributed/decentralized network of power – as best as I understand the concept. It has b

What is Spiritual – a Response
A few weeks ago, I posted on What is Spiritual.  Here is a response from one of my students about it.  I just asked him yesterday if I could post his comment.  Since the comments a bit hidden from the post, I wanted to post it for all of you to read.  It’s a great response.  We’re going to talk about it next Tuesday.  I love the dialogue. Thank you Adriel for your response.  Here’s what he said.  If you want to read my original post, please click here. I often say that the

Fruit Fast
So I went on a bit of a fruit fast this week.  I wanted to try it because some friends that worked at the farmer’s market gave me a great deal on fruit.  It’s also super healthy for you and evidently, the fruit fast gives your digestive system a break – because fruit is so easy to break down. Well, I did fruit for breakfast and lunch – as much as possible.  Then for dinner I ate meals that weren’t processed and super healthy.  It was a great week. I didn’t do it to lose weight, but I did do it for health.  When you stop eating all that processed stuff and you just healthy stuff – your body tells you right away that i