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In Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge the authors write about the importance of anticipating the ways external forces can shape a company’s future. They use a hypothetical planning session of fifteen executives of a major airline at the turn of the millennium doing long-range planning until the year…

Earlier this year in Cape Wrath, Scotland, Mark Elder was dragged off the fishing vessel North Star, pulled underwater and drowned. Although his fellow crewmen watched as he became tangled in a rope and was pulled off the ship, they were unable to locate and rescue him before he succumbed to the cold…

# Philippians 3:17–21 ## Opening So far in this chapter Paul has warned against the Judaizers, and any who would place their confidence in who they are, or what they have done and not the finished work of Christ alone. By way of rebuking this idea, Paul gives his own longs list of “fleshly” qualifications…

Ryan Schneider did not compete in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, but as a chaplain, he had the opportunity to chat and mingle with many who did. Schneider knows a lot of the American winter Olympians because he serves a church in Lake Placid, New York, where many Olympians train. Schneider met many athletes…

# Philippians 1:3–8 ## Opening: Paul’s Thanksgiving As we move on this morning in our study of Paul’s letter to the Philippians, we find Paul following his normal pattern of thanksgiving and prayer. This week we will look at his statement of thanksgiving about the Philippians, and next week we will look…

A new social science study has found that the positive emotions associated with social media postings generally outweigh negative one. The study looked at the content and spread of 19 million English-language posts from September 2014. The results showed that while negative content tended to spread faster,…

49er head coach Jim Harbaugh learned the power of spinning a situation at an early age. When he was a little kid, the family's motto was "Who's got it better than us?" His dad, Jack, would ask the question and Jim, his brother John and sister Joani would shout in unison, "Nobody!" At the time, they lived…

When a person is suffering from depression, there are times when they just can’t make their body do anything, even if they know a little exercise would be the best thing. Paige Waehner says she has helped a lot of people find the motivation to exercise, but admits that depression is especially hard to…

The authors of the book, Mistakes Were Made, but not by Me, argue that our tendency to justify our actions is more powerful and deceptive than an explicit lie. They write: [Self-justification] allows people to convince themselves that what they did was the best thing they could have done. In fact, come…

Each year a private college in Beloit, Wisconsin releases a snapshot of the mindset of that year’s entering freshman class. The Beliot College Mindset List is designed to help professors develop lesson plans that are more meaningful to students and open doors to greater understanding. In the Fall of…

The Mindset of a Winner Okay, here goes. I am going to make a couple of uneducated guesses on who will emerge as the NBA Champion, and what NHL team will lift high the Lord Stanley Cup. But, first, I want to talk about excellence. When you think of the Lakers, you immediately think of Kobe Bryant. When…

Work is not a part of the fall. “Work existed before the fall. That should frame how we understand the concept of work,” says Darrow Miller from Food for the Hungry. Our philosophy of work based upon a Biblical worldview is one of the things that have made our Northern European culture successful. We…

How's your 'tude? It's been pretty tough being a Dodger fan this season. Even Tommy Lasorda is embarrassed. Last week, the Los Angeles Times reported that the senior Vice President borrowed a page from his coaching days and gave a rousing locker room speech to the team. Lasorda directed one comment toward…

JUSTIFICATION The Canadian Ironman competition involves a 3.8 km swim, followed by an 180 km cycle, and ending with the traditional 42 km marathon run. The Ironman competition however, is not just a physical fitness competition, but a battle of the mind. In the race, all of a racer's self-doubts and…

THANKSGIVING Some doctors think they have found a way to improve your health. This new treatment will lower your blood pressure, help you feel less hostile, help you to quit smoking, and even to lose weight. You can lower your risk of depression, phobias, bulimia, and alcoholism. What is the miracle…

SINGING New research suggests drivers who enjoy a sing-a-long while on the road concentrate more and fall asleep less than drivers who remain silent behind the wheel. The study conducted for a British insurance company found 63 percent of safe drivers—those who had not been in an accident for four years…

The York, Pennsylvania, school district has decided [1] to eliminate the practice of honoring the top-achieving students as “valedictorian” or “salutatorian.” According to school board officials, this practice may promote unhealthy competition. Students, however, appear to have a different view of such…

Success through Simplicity Brian Proffit, Rev! Magazine Interview click for a printer-friendly version of this page Brian Proffit interviewed Dave Browning, founding pastor of Christ the King Community Church (CTK), now an international network of affiliated local bodies, at the National Pastor's Convention.…

Don't allow the fire of adversity to make you a skeptic. Allow it to purify you. The timing of your decision is just as important as the decision you make. A potential leader is the one who would be able to mentally sustain your organization's vision if you quit thinking for the next month. I like to…

EXPECTATIONS What effect do unreasonable expectations have on people? Do they motivate them to excel or do they discourage them? A group of psychologists recently conducted a study to find the answer to these questions. They gathered a group of undergraduate students to see if they would perform at different…

SIN Jill Price has an ability that can be both a blessing and a curse. Jill, a Los Angeles religious school administrator has the ability to recall in detail almost every day of her life. She can also recall the day and date of key public events. Writing of her unusual ability in The Woman Who Can’t…

FRIENDS In his book, The Shape of Faith to Come, Brad Waggoner writes, “Church practices vary. No congregation is exactly like another. Facilitating fellowship, however, does not have to be hard. We must get past the idea of a ‘friendly church’ to the concept of a ‘church of friends.’” --Shape of Faith…

It is so easy to become a victim of our circumstances, and develop a victim mentality. Forgotten promises, lies, and schemes do their best to convince us that life is not filled with happy endings. When he was young, Skeeter Bronson found that hard to accept. His father, who owned a Southern California…

We all dream of a tomorrow that's better and brighter than today, yet many of us never go beyond hoping for improvements to actually making them. Following are some insights from motivator, speaker and author John Maxwell to help you improvise your approach to improvement. Develop Habits.* The secret…

By Dr. John C. Maxwell If we are to lead effective ministries, our ministries may have to occasionally change The most significant pursuit of churches used to be church growth, but now it’s becoming overall church health The goal now is not to hold people; it’s to reach people I pastored a church in…