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Why Can’t Everyone Lead Like You

June 29, 2017 By drairwolf 2 Comments

Law of the Hammer  Have you ever noticed how easy it is to view your leadership style as superior to others? If you lead with your gut and make quick decisions, it’s difficult when others take their time. But, on the other hand if you lean towards facts and figures, it’s frustrating when those around […]

Filed Under: blog, Leadership Tagged With: leader, leadership, leadership style, personality

The Easter Candy Contract

June 18, 2017 By drairwolf Leave a Comment

It’s been a good year for employees at Thorne Inc. This Easter employees enjoyed a sizable “Easter bonus”. Two Thorne Inc. employees decided they wanted to pool all their candy into one large pile, in order to better benefit from their bounty. Management did not think this was a very good idea. The potential threat […]

Filed Under: blog, humor, Parenting Tagged With: parenting

Thorne Inc. on Employee Creativity

June 8, 2017 By drairwolf 1 Comment

  Recently an employee of Thorne Inc. decided typical places to express creativity were not sufficient. So, the following memo had to be issued to all employees in hopes of deterring future inappropriate creative expression. Here’s what caused the necessity of the memo to be written and distributed amongst employees:  An important lesson was learned by […]

Filed Under: blog, Parenting

When You’ve Known Your Kids Longer than You Knew Your Dad

May 27, 2017 By drairwolf 12 Comments

Yesterday, I watched my two oldest children walk towards their last day in third and first grade. To them it was just another last day of school as they excitedly told me they were, “smart, talented, good-looking and loved,” which they do every morning before scurrying off to school like squirrels chasing the wind. But, for […]

Filed Under: blog, Life, Parenting

How Dropping Your Phone in the Toilet Makes You Reconsider Priorities

March 26, 2017 By drairwolf 1 Comment

Yesterday, my wife had a great day. We’ve been working on our health as a family and I bought her a Fitbit. But, where there were rays of sunshine spilling into the windows of her life, there seemed to be a small grey rain cloud following me. My middle son had an indoor soccer tournament […]

Filed Under: blog, discipleship, Life, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: humor, iPhone, perspective, spiritual, toilet, tragedy

The Spiritual Discipline of Chaos pt. 2

March 16, 2017 By drairwolf 1 Comment

I’ve thought a lot about successful spiritual  formation in the midst of of surviving parenthood. Last week I acknowledged the value of escaping to some far-off mountain to be with God, but immediately recoil at the very thought of fitting long periods of quiet into my often chaotic life. You can catch up on the first […]

Filed Under: blog, church, discipleship, Life, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: chaos, crazy, spiritual discipline

The Spiritual Discipline of Chaos pt. 1

March 7, 2017 By drairwolf 1 Comment

I sometimes wonder why solitude and quiet are so highly revered in the Christian walk. I completely understand how a quiet place is a great way to hear the still small voice of God (1 Kings 19:12). Joshua Choomin Kang wrote, “ One of the obstacles to our spiritual growth is noise….How do our souls grow? […]

Filed Under: blog, church, discipleship, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: chaos, Jesus, life of jesus, parent, stress

5 Good Ideas or Signs of the End Times

February 27, 2017 By drairwolf 2 Comments

Every once in a while I’ll be in a store and a product will catch my eye. I’ll stop and stare, wondering if what I’m seeing is real- or some sort of cruel joke by the manufacturer. I always imagine some company underling joking with his buddy over a few too many adult beverages about […]

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3 Things I Learned about Church Growth from Church Planting

February 13, 2017 By drairwolf 1 Comment

There’s something amazing and terrifying about planting a church. I remember having trouble sleeping the night before Velocity began- terrified that no one would show up the next morning. I was pleased to find that people did and the church slowly grew. But, as the years wore on and the church became self-sufficient, I remember […]

Filed Under: blog, church, Leadership Tagged With: church growth, church planting, growth, spiritual growth

Jesus is Not Your Boyfriend

January 31, 2017 By drairwolf 3 Comments

Jesus is known to be many things to people including Lord, Savior and friend to sinners. But, there is one thing Jesus is definitely not. Jesus is not your boyfriend. But, if you spend too much time around many churches today, you might think differently. In fact, I think this idea has become so ingrained […]

Filed Under: blog, church, discipleship, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: boyfriend, Jesus, manhood, masculinity, men, men and church, relationship with Jesus

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