Category: Relationships

  • The 3 Main Ingredients for Happiness

    According to studies cited in Timothy D Wilsons book ReDirect-Changing the stories we live by, there are three ingredients that contribute more than anything else to human happiness. I have commented on all three below and how all three are connected to a healthy life of faith. 1. MEANING: Finding meaning. The better we understand and explain…

  • 5 Big Wins From Creating A Culture of Trust

    For 15 years two Stanford Professors, James Baron and Michael Hannan, collected data and studied high tech start ups in Silicon Valley. They were intrigued to discover the five distinct cultures that were represented by the start ups and also to observe the performance of these distinct cultures over time. Here are the 5 Cultures…

  • 10 Facts About First-Time Visitors to Your Church

    Here is something I recently shared with our staff at Christian Life Church: I have modified it slightly to share with you…hope it helps! You will have more than you think: Many are going through situations that mean they are responsive to God: First Impressions Matter: How easy is it for them to find the…

  • Met Mark several yeas ago and I love his work. Check out this from his blog. For the most part, our lives are defined by our relationships. And the joy of life is often determined by how well we function in those relationships. Yet ironically, this is the area of life we get the least…

  • 3 habits of influential people

    Growing up in a tiny, dot-on-the-map town in rural Missouri, Dale Carnegie was a “skinny, unathletic, and fretful” son of a pig farmer, writes Susan Cain in her book on introverts, Quiet. After observing a charismatic public speaker traveling through his hometown, Carnegie, despite his innate introversion and with much determination, became a speaking champion and leader…