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Parties, Conversations, and Leading Others to Who Jesus Is
Holiday gatherings and office parties are great for teams and groups to come together… sometimes. But for all the fun and excitement, these events can also bring us together with people we may not know or people we know well but don’t enjoy engaging in conversation...
Don’t Forget to Honor the Essential Spiritual Leaders, Ministers and Pastors.
Each year, the 2nd Sunday of October is set aside to honor pastors, ministers, and leaders. We forget to honor and see how difficult their work often is and instead only step back to see them when they fail. As we celebrate our pastors and ministers on this day, let’s...
Love Won, but Love Must Keep Winning
We were delighted several years ago to host Sheila Hart, one of the producers of the then just released film, Unplanned at an Influence Lab Women’s Gathering in Hollywood. The film told the story of Abby Johnson and her multiple abortions, her 13 years as a site...
Are You Shipwrecking Your Ability to Change?
They were tied in their beds. The story I was reading gripped me since I was about to dive to see the wreckage of the historic RMS Rhone, a UK Royal Mail ship embedded since 1867 in the depths of the Caribbean Ocean. The site of the Rhone, now a National Park, is...
Mothers Lost But Found
My mother was grieving but didn’t want me to know the depth of her pain. But I did know. My father had died six months previously, and I wanted to give her something to look forward to. She and my dad had always wanted to visit some of their good friends who were...
An INNER VIEW with Drenda Keesee
Drenda Keesee is a speaker, life coach, and pastor of Faith Life Church along with her husband, Gary. She hosts the daytime television show Drenda and is the author of The New Vintage Family, Better Than You Think, and She Gets It! Drenda has ministered on television...
Bold Confidence: Why It’s A Must For Tomorrow
Raising two daughters, I often reflected on how they were so different in approaching challenges. Kelsey, the oldest, was initially fearless and would jump at something new without ever giving it a second thought. One time it cost us a trip to the hospital for...
Remember – A Propelling Force Often Forgotten
Of the sixty-six books in the Bible, there is one book that never mentions the word, God. It is the book of Esther. God, in fact, never speaks in Esther, but He doesn't have to because Esther's leadership does the talking. The story takes place in the Persian city of...
Love Leadership and The Church and What Nehemiah Teaches Us
I moved to Los Angeles in 1991 to work in the Hollywood film and media industry. The community of believers working in the industry was hidden and suffering from an onslaught of protests done by well-meaning Christians who felt that the programs and content produced...