Getting Wind Under Your Wings

Getting Wind Under Your Wings

After four weeks of nonstop travel last month, I was running out of energy. As a result I was unusually apathetic as I walked into the conference center for one of my recent presentations. Not a good attitude for teaching relational wisdom. So I began to pray....
Seven Steps to Empathy

Seven Steps to Empathy

(Note: this blog post has been combined with the next post in this article, which I recommend you read instead.) Without empathy, it’s hard to have real relationship. The good news is that since each of us is made in the image of God, we have a natural capacity for...
Papa, Clean Me!

Papa, Clean Me!

Andrew, my two-and-half-year-old grandson, came across a fresh pile of dog poo in the yard last week. Having been told repeatedly to stay away from dog piles, he of course felt an irresistible desire to step on it and squish it around. Not liking the odor, he walked...
Preventing a Breach

Preventing a Breach

I learned the hard way how easy it is to breach a dam. When I was fourteen, my dad hired a contractor to enlarge a stock pond on our ranch by building a dam. It was ten feet high and thirty feet thick at its base. As the pond filled, we discovered that the dirt around...