Coachable people seek out those who speak truth to them, even if it is a painful truth, because it protects them and it makes them a better person and leader.

Coachable leaders are ready and willing to make the needed changes and adjustments in their lives.

Leaders live by reality and not by assumptions!

God’s discipline has nothing to do with rejection but more to do with refinement.

Two types of leaders: there are thinkers and there are doers. Some are idea generators and others are the implementers.

Spiritual authority is the direct result of God doing a greater work in the deeper areas of a leader’s life.

A hardness to change reveals a hardness of heart.

Leading a missional church is not for the faint of heart. It takes courage to push yourself beyond your comfort zone and to lead the church beyond it personal limits.

God is so much bigger than our ‘what ifs’ that he can turn them into ‘why nots

Intimacy with God is not experienced through monolog prayers but through reflective listening as well as earnest petitioning.

Hearing God’s voice is indispensable to moving through or around closed doors.

What I like most about children is that they are great advisors, yet they don't know it. And what I love about them is that they are vision bearers yet may not realize it.

And what about the cash, my existence's jewel?

Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.

The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be derived from the efficient use of chance.

Illusions of grandeur are not the same as visions of greatness.

There is merit without rank, but there is no rank without some merit.

The liberty enjoyed by the people of these states of worshiping Almighty God agreebly to their conscience, is not only among the choicest of their blessings, but also of their rights.

I know my players don't like my practices, but that's OK because I don't like their games.

As an American citizen, one has to vote.

All is flux, nothing stays still, as Heraclitus said. By the time I wrote this, everything has changed in the universe; everything but the taste of the cakes baked at home!