Servants inspire you to want to be faithful. Leaders help you to want what you need to be faithful. So if you want a legacy of faithful kids and grandkids, be a servant-leader. Which of your kids do you love most? What a ridiculous question. I love both of my sons with equal fervor, albeit [...]
Your kids are like you on steroids. For good and bad, they take your character to extremes. If you described your kids in five words, how would you describe them? When Anna and I did this, we came up with eight qualities (because two words were shared): Integrity, Authentic, Passionate, Purposeful, Undaunted, Creative, Musical, Relational [...]
The ultimate test of your character qualities is the quality of your kids’ character. Uncle Louie was one tough hombre. The Viet Cong army had a bounty on the man they called “lớn màu đỏ” (or “Big Red”) because Louie was such a savage soldier. As a kid, a tractor ran over Louie’s stomach, but [...]
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a purpose is worth a thousand possibilities. José Salvador Alvarenga set out on a Mexican fishing trip in November 2012. Fourteen months and 6,000 miles later, he was discovered on a remote island halfway between Hawaii and Australia. With living as his only purpose, Alvarenga drifted aimlessly [...]
