I was talking with my friend Cheryl the other day. We were talking about life and habits and fitness. She said, “What would it take you to get started running again?” “I need a nudge of accountability,” I said. Not to look over my shoulder and judge. Not to cheer mindlessly. But to remind me […]

I read a lot about more. More readers. More emails. More sales. More pages. I sometimes try little things to get more readers, more emails, more sales. It’s a thing called scaling. We want to scale up production, impact, significance, outreach. We want to have all of whatever that we can possibly have. And sometimes […]

“I just don’t know what to think,” she said. The diagnosis hadn’t even been a diagnosis. It was a report that a scan had seen an object where there shouldn’t be an object. She wasn’t originally here for the scan, but someone noticed something amiss. Someone ordered a scan. And now she knew about an […]

Terry Linhart is a friend and mentor and teaching and consulting colleague. With a couple other friends, we’ve helped a school get more focused on spiritual formation. We’ve developed a couple of college courses. I’ve learned a lot from Terry. The other day his new book, The Self-Aware Leader was released. The subtitle tells the story: […]

I met a family in the Emergency Department. The patriarch of the family was in the bed. The matriarch, children, and grandchildren stood near. I turned to the patient’s wife and said, “How many years have you been together?” I don’t always ask. It can be a dangerous question. But in this room, with the […]