Spiritual Growth

The Lord has shown me, through the process of adapting to fatherhood, some areas in which my thinking about work, people, and success needed to change. Here are three things having a child has taught me about personal productivity.

A few weeks ago I was cleaning my garage and discovered a stack of old journals in a plastic bin. That put a prompt end to my cleaning plans. For two-hours, I sat on a metal folding chair poring over entries I had penned over a decade ago. As

A few years ago a viral video circulated of Navy Seal Admiral McRaven giving the commencement speech at University of Texas, Austin. Maybe you saw it. The most memorable quote came when the admiral said that the best way to start off your day was by making your bed. He

About six months ago I took a new job, had a baby, and purchased a home. This was what they call a Significant Life Event (SLE). It was a lot all at once, but it was a lot of good. One of the seemingly small changes that came along with

Recently, I had the privilege of producing a course titled Stewardship & Productivity for The Institute for Church Leadership (ICL). It's just launched, so I wanted to take a moment to tell you about the class. The Content of the Class In this 10-lesson, self-paced, fully

Maybe you've got a productive Christian in your life or just want to get a little something for yourself. I've put together a list of several products and books that will put a twinkle in the eye of any believer with a penchant for productivity. 1.

I don’t know about you but there’s only one place I’ve ever heard someone use the word “stewardship” and that’s in church. It’s not an exclusively Christian word, but if Oxford ever published a Lexicon of Christianese, “stewardship” would most certainly have an entry. Sadly,

All philosophies of productivity, at bedrock, contain a theology. Therefore, there is a genuine need for a distinctly Christian productivity in the church.

We live in a time in which there is unprecedented access to Bible study tools—multiple excellent translations, study helps, internet resources, Bible software, phone apps, etc.—yet we are also more distracted than ever. Personal devotion to God through Bible reading is a blessing you do not want to

What is the most valuable resource in the universe? Jonathan Edwards would answer that question with, "time." Time is the most precious resource in the universe. Dated December of 1734, Puritan pastor Jonathan Edwards's, short essay The Preciousness of Time and The Importance of Redeeming It

One thing we didn't account for was just how selective we would need to be with what we brought on the RV. Thus, it was by my miserliness and Kim’s dream of a world without hallways that we stumbled rather accidentally into minimalism. But the Lord has taught me a lot through the experience of livin

I’m going to argue that there is a real Christian benefit to spending time alone in nature. To some that may seem obvious, to others it may conjure up images of mystics in caves, granola munching hippies, or just the discomfort of sweat and bug bites. But there is something about even just a brisk w