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Redwoods
Iron Leaders, One of the most memorable things I got to do this summer was travel to California and walk in the Redwood National Forest. It’s like visiting the Grand Canyon; you can talk about it and show pictures, but it’s not the same as being there. Redwood trees can grow as high as 350 feet and over 20 feet wide; some are 2,000 years old. Imagine a redwood sprouting in North America the day Christ was born! Mind-blowing! One…
IL 5/19/23: Moses Reaching the Summit
Watch the following video: 14 Peaks Video There are different seasons in everyone’s journey…sunny skies, blizzard conditions with no vision or progress, longer than anticipated hikes, and summits. Read: Psalm 90 – Moses at the Summit Bible scholars agree that Moses was in a reflective mood when he wrote this prayer. Most agree Moses penned Psalm 90 near the end of his life – soon after the events of last weeks topic (Failure – Numbers 20). Numbers 20 opens with…
Books and Podcasts
Iron Leaders, Thank you for participating in an outstanding year of Iron Leadership meetings. It was good for my soul and my leadership to walk through the year with Moses. Two books that helped me in preparation were Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership by Ruth Haley Barton and Leaving Egypt by Chuck DeGroat. These are great books to read through to strengthen your soul and your leadership. Beginning May 22, I am taking an eight week sabbatical in order to…
IL 5/5/23: Passing The Baton – Exodus 32-33
(Audio Transcription Below) Watch the following videos below: Women’s Relay: China – Disaster Men’s World Record: Brazil – Perfection We are all running a race and at some point, you are going to make a handoff. You will hand off your children, your business, your team, your church and eventually you will hand off your life. How are you preparing the person receiving the baton to be ready? Joshua was Moses’ successor. Joshua was the one who would carry the baton…
We Have Super-Sized Our Life
Do you feel overwhelmed by the size of things in our culture? Sometimes, like this massive truck, it is just too much. Pastor Ron Golding explores this idea in his article, “Moses, the Mountain, and a Mass of Email”. He writes: “We have the world’s information in our pockets—we must be omniscient. We can respond to everything everywhere—we must be omnipresent. We have incredible technology that can solve “all” our problems—we must be omnipotent…When we buy the lie that we…
IL 4/26/23: Failure
(Audio Transcription Below) This morning I want to talk about FAILURE. Sometimes as the Leader you have just had it! So you rant and sometimes throw your team under the bus. Watch how this guy starts his press conference & then how this SIU coach throws his whole team under the bus. Numbers 20:1-13 “And the people of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. And Miriam…