18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others You, O eternal Trinity, are a deep sea into which, the more I enter, the more I find, and the more I find, the more I seek. O abyss, O eternal Godhead, O sea profound, what more could you give me than yourself? Amen.  (Catherine of [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others Late have I loved you, O beauty so ancient and so new. Late have I loved you! You were within me while I have gone outside to seek you. Unlovely myself, I rushed towards all those lovely things you had made. And always you were with [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others Come! Spirit of Love! Penetrate and transform us by the action of Your purifying life. May Your constant, brooding love bring forth in us more love and all the graces and works of love. Give us grace to remain still under its action, and may that [...]

4. Spur One Another Challenge others to develop as servant leaders On Tuesday I wrote about how I use the timer to get overwhelming challenges…I can do anything for 15 minutes. And today I came across this little video which, in a twist on the 15 minute theme, this guys says he uses 30 days [...]

4. Spur One Another Challenge others to develop as servant leaders This blog post on “batching” caught my eye. It reminds me a lot of the stuff on FlyLady.net, which is a site that helps people deal with clutter. In our culture today, it is so easy to jump from one email to another phone [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others. God, of your goodness give me yourself for you are sufficient for me. I cannot properly ask anything less, to be worthy of you. If I were to ask less, I should always be in want. In you alone do I have all. Amen.  -Julian of [...]

8. Grow in Wisdom For intellectual health intentionally and regularly engage in learning opportunities Michael Hyatt’s blog is one of my current favorites. He’s teaching me about Evernote (I will be paperless, yet!) , he writes great leadership stuff, and he connects me with other great resources. Yesterday he offered a free year subscription to [...]

2. Voice the Vision Inspire a shared vision and mission and communicate it regularly and consistently I am a firm believer in measuring and accountability. Isn’t it true that if we don’t know where we’re going we won’t know when and if we get there? I learned a lot from Jim Collins monograph “Good to [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others. God our Father, we rejoice in the faith that draws us together, aware that selfishness can drive us apart. Let your encouragement be our constant strength. Keep us one in the love that has sealed our lives, help us to live as one family the gospel [...]