The world wants you to believe in stark black and white. We’re told we must choose between freedom and safety, right and left, equality and merit, individualism and community. We’re told there’s always a correct answer, that compromise is weakness, and that any nuance means moral failure. But the real world doesn’t live in absolutes—it lives in shades and gradients, in the slow work of discernment.
A good friend of mine once said a good leader should be a springboard, not a lid. He’s right. And it’s been the foundation of my leadership career ever since. I don’t always get it right, but I always try.
“Launch: Becoming a Springboard Leader” is moving on to the editing phase!
Have you ever stopped to consider the trajectory your life has taken? All of the minute decisions that have brought you to the precipice of now? For some, it’s a fairly regular experience. For others, it might never have occurred to you to take stock of at all.
Talking new and exciting things coming down the road for Despised Samaritan.
I hope you’ve all had time to listen to my new podcast. If not, that’s ok- there’s still time! In fact, I had a friend this week suggest that I use that space as a way to share my journey through learning more about Advent. So, I dropped a surprise episode of One More Thing […]
I’ve released a new eBook today: Advent for Grinches
Paperback writer, paperback writer. Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book? It took me years to write, will you take a look? -The Beatles We have paperback copies of the book available now on Amazon. CreateSpace has really sped up their process in the past few years since I used them last. Now, […]
It’s my Twitter handle. It’s my website. And now I’ve named my publishing company after this simple phrase from Luke 10. But why?
What I wanted to write about, then, was my own personal observations from my time “behind the curtain”, as it were. There are a lot of old traditions and longstanding institutions that need closer scrutiny, and there’s a lot of decisions being made with good intentions but poor destinations…
