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Skiing Off Piste To Change Culture
The French call the groomed ski trails on the slopes the piste. As a snow skier, and having had the opportunity of skiing in the French Alps, I got familiar with seeing the signs on the slopes warning me not to ski off-piste. In the U.S. we call it backcountry or out...
Seeing Around the Curves and the Mind-Bending Times We Live in Today
I was honored to be a speaker at the India Christian Media Associates Conference in Hyderabad, India recently along with some top global media leaders. We were there to connect and share on how to use media, technology, and digital platforms to reach audiences more...
When it Comes to Influence, You Are Actually A Letter
Does anyone know I exist? I want others to see that my work and life matters, but do I have to prove I’m somebody first before others take notice? These are the questions that are never spoken but often thought. Many feel they are invisible - especially women -...
A Special Message for Women About Communicating to an Audience
On the way to a recent speaking engagement and without my knowledge, my computer needed for the presentation was being baptized in water in the trunk of the car from a water bottle whose top must not have been screwed on tightly. Needless to say, when I reached the...
It’s a New Year, Is It Time to Free Your Rigid Soul?
Tick, tick, tick goes the clock as we watch the falling ball in Time’s Square drop in New York City and the realization of another year dropping. As children, we all wanted to get older as quickly as possible. Getting older meant freedom, but as adults, we find that...
See Others, The Requirement
The young pastor didn’t want to go knowing that the men he would be speaking to that night were only there for the meal. He knew although it was free the men knew there would be a price. They would have to listen to his message. But, would they hear it? Would they...
Three Kings and One Who Gave Us the Gift of The Truth
Most people know the three Kings in the Bible’s New Testament Christmas story who brought Jesus gifts at His birth. But there were three Old Testament kings that bring us a gift that reveals to us to the Truth. These three kings’ lives’ journeys point...
Parties and Conversations: Leading Others to Who Jesus Is
December are about gatherings: holiday office parties and Christmasevents make it the most wonderful time of year - 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...
Criticism: Can you Handle It?
If you are going to do something significant in our culture today then you’d better be ready for criticism. It’s always a good idea to take an honest look at your work from time to time and become your biggest critic. I always take the time to go back and listen...