Part 4: Out of Balance: #Project80 in Action

In Part 3, I discussed the various challenges we were faced with now knowing what we prayerfully needed to do. I was aware that I would face criticism for doing something new but we were convinced more than ever that we were doing the right thing. I began searching for the right people to fill […]

Part 3: Out of Balance: More concerning #Project80

In Part 2, I began to discuss our organizational strategy of #Project80 along with some of the challenges that made us begin asking ourselves tough questions. We learned that our country was experiencing an opioid epidemic that was killing hundreds of thousands of people and we also learned that we were only able to help […]

Out of Balance… Part 2

Less than a year into my role as President/CEO of a faith-centered, non-profit, drug and alcohol treatment center I began to learn a lot. It was the middle of 2016 and I was studying the terrible opioid crisis that was devastating most of the country. I read a statistic from the Centers for Disease Control […]

Out of Balance… Part 1

I am writing a series of 8 or more blog posts that will highlight my journey as a young ministry leader along with some of the challenges I have experienced. I will highlight some ideas like being “out of balance”, priorities, and being the first to step out into new areas of innovation. I have […]

Don’t forget where you came from…

I find this idea to be extremely important as I have walked out the past decade (plus) of my life. Through all the ups and extreme downs I’ve experienced in life, I still find it incredibly easy to forget the pains of my former life. However, I can still remember the pain of being lost […]

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Live a Life with No (Or at least limited…) Regrets!

This morning I was reading through Psalm 90 and it helped me once again realize that 1) life is a gift, and, 2) that gift is limited in time. Two verses stuck out in the middle of this passage: Psalm 90:12, “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of […]

Don’t get trapped…

One of the most valuable leadership lessons I’ve learned (through much failure) is summed up in what I’ve named my theory of the “Shiny Stuff.” I believe many of us make this mistake because I’ve seen it and deal with it on a very regular basis (I am growing here because I can now see […]

As the fog lifts…

As I sit here on my front porch contemplating the goodness of God in my life, I find myself reading through the book of Psalms. As I read through a specific passage I watched the fog begin to lift and eventually disappear. Psalm 40:1-5, “I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and […]

“Don’t Believe Your Own Press”

This is another great lesson I learned from a dear mentor figure. As I began to show signs of gifting and calling as a younger leader, I remember hearing these valuable words that have stuck with me to this very day: “Don’t believe your own press.” I wasn’t sure what that meant at the time […]