It’s been ages since I wrote a family story. Recently I was editing my upcoming book Salvaged and a line about my shiny bald head reminded me of the time a package of hair growth tonic arrived in the mail. It was my Senior year at Westmont College. Midyear my Dad
Since writing Junkyard Wisdom I’m often asked a simple question about generosity: how can we be generous without a lot of money? Plenty of people think generosity is mostly about giving money away to worthy causes. It’s about sponsoring a child, supporting a youth sports league, contributing to the arts, etc.
Ever hear people use the phrase, “A little help here?” Like kids playing baseball on a sandlot field, and one big kid hits the ball clear over the fence. It’s out of reach, and they have to climb the high fence or run all the way around. But one of
Great news about Salvaged! It’s here! My new book, Salvaged: Leadership Lessons Pulled From the Junkyard, is now available for preorder! The release is still months away, but you can be amongst the first to get the book if you order it now. This was suppose to be a summer hiatus
In case you haven’t heard, my second book Salvaged, Leadership Lessons Pulled From the Junkyard will be released in January. Or maybe January-ish. The book has really come together in the last couple of months, with several exciting developments. Most exciting — at least for me — is Bob Goff has
Rooting for Rivals by Peter Greer and Chris Horst is one of those books all of us in ministry need to read. The premise of the book is simple: when nonprofit groups work collaboratively, generously, and across organizational boundaries, putting aside rivalry, great things can then transpire. All of us
Last week was the Goble Properties staff retreat in Napa Valley, and it was great to spend time with some of my favorite people. The last few years have been very busy so it was good to pause and take a deep breath. We hadn’t taken the time for a
Unless you faithfully have read this blog for the past 7-years, you have probably never heard the word Freestarter™. And you might be asking why the ™ attached to it. It all started when I was trying to describe what I meant by the phrase “lead, follow, or go your own way”