I was talking to my brother-in-law who lives in Los Angeles and works for Sony Pictures. He works in the Human Resources department in leadership development. Basically, he coaches people in how to lead others better. He brought up the number #1 obstacle preventing others to lead better. You want to know what obstacle that is? Ego. Ego is what drives people in many compani...

I've been seeing a lot of reflective 2012 video montages. CBS put together a very moving montage of famous people who passed away. We remember people like Dick Clark and Whitney Houston. Sportscenter put together a bloopers montage with Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez running into the backside of his own player and fumbling the ball.Perhaps you too recently reflected on your...

Our hearts go out to the family and friends affected by the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. Our nation will not soon forget the devastation and heartache of this the 2nd deadliest school shooting in our nation's history. What is especially sad is the 20 children who lost their lives.As a pastor people turn to me for answers. I confess I don't have any secret knowledge to ...

I put my daughters through a mini bootcamp recently. I let my three-year-old Nadia hang from the pull-up bar, and I told her to try pulling herself up. After a couple of attempts that left her swinging, she cried out, "I can't." Same thing happened with my six-year-old daughter Bella who couldn't get that pull-up.Do you know Jesus put his disciples in a similar situation? ...

Kids are officially back to school. Our daughter starts 1st grade this year, and I have etched in my mind what she looked like on her first day of school. On Facebook I saw many 1st day of school pictures. Did you take any back to school pics? And what thought pops into our heads as kids go back to school? How about this, "I thought I had more time." I thought I had more t...