The Carr Fire in Redding
Fire Update: (Written 7/28/18) Over 3k personnel have been assigned to battle the raging beast known as the Carr Fire. 330 fire engines are being used and another 150 are on the way throughout California. This nasty beast has a 100-mile perimeter! Also, the Global SuperTanker, the world’s largest firefighting airplane, is being utilized in […]
The Arising of the Warrior Bride
The passionate Desire of the King of Heaven is for His Bride, as she sits in this Present Darkness longing for her Beloved. What shall be the response from her noble and pure heart as she awaits the anticipated arrival of her Champion? She inhales deeply of His memory, vanquishing the fear that held […]
10 Reasons Why We Hesitate To Make A Decision
Sometimes when decisions need to be made, as my friend Leslie likes to say, sometimes you just have to pull on your big girl (or big boy) panties and just do it! Life requires of us to make decisions: this or that, how much, how often, what way, what speed, on and on. These decisions […]
Building Self-Confidence
I often encounter coaching clients challenged by a lack of self-confidence. When trying to move into new seasons or spheres of influence while lacking character capital to sustain a new level of performance, we may dial back our level of engagement or withdrawaltogether. There may be several causes of sagging confidence but one sure-fire way […]
Cashing in Your Reality Check
While living the life of your DREAMS, you will often discover yourself crashing into others living their NIGHTMARE. Here is where you cash in your reality check. Two quotes come to mind from Austrian Holocaust survivor and neurologist and psychiatrist, Viktor Frankl: Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of […]
The Power of Pursuit
In the last thirty years or so, counseling and coaching people as a pastor and life coach, I have observed basically two types of people: Those vitally engaged in life, and those merely slogging through the motions each day. The difference between a person vitally engaged in life, awake to their dreams, and someone who is merely going through the motions of living, is a having a vision fueled by passion. Having vision fueled by passion […]
Catching Fireflies in a Jar
One of my favorite adventures as a boy growing up in the country, was catching fireflies on warm summer nights. These magical, mysterious little fiery fairies of the night, held captive in a mason jar, would later provide sparkling beauty to my darkened bedroom. If the hunt was truly successful, those glowing little butts would […]
The Four Stages of Competence
The Four Stages of Competence Understanding these Four Stages of Competence could save a-lot of frustration when you’re learning a new skill or trying to master a new subject. I was considering these four stages recently while teaching in our life coach certification class; encouraging the team to be patient with themselves while assimilating new […]
Romancing the Flame
The Dictionary defines Romance, the noun, as the feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love. I realize that I’m a Romantic. I love Love, don’t you? I love the feeling of being in love. Ask my family. Every gathering, every meal, every adventure must be romanced. I light the candles, dial in smooth jazz […]
Two Unsavory Spirits in the World
We live in a world at war. To be oblivious of this fact is to become simply a reed blown about by the wind. You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists. This enemy, however, is spirit and unseen, yet has tremendous influence in our lives. There are actually two “spirits” at work in the […]