You Need More Sleep

Greg McKeown in Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less discusses the often neglected discipline of sleep that I found interesting and wanted to pass on. The Performance Killer by Charles A. Czeisler (Professor of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School) explains how sleep deprivation undermines high performance. He likens sleep deficit to drinking too much alcohol, explaining that pulling…

You Need To Get More Sleep

Greg McKeown in Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less discusses the often neglected discipline of sleep that I found interesting and wanted to pass on. The Performance Killer by Charles A. Czeisler (Professor of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School) explains how sleep deprivation undermines high performance. He likens sleep deficit to drinking too much alcohol,…

6 reasons why we have superficial, casual relationships

In Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands Paul David Tripp gives several reasons (and I added one) why we prefer the superficial and casual over against truly getting to know one another. Busyness. This traps us into having superficial, casual conversations. Most people, even if they wanted to get to know other individuals, simply don’t have any margin in their week…

Millennials are turned off by Christians in politics

“If we are going to help Millennials to come or come back to church, we need to understand why the Millennials don’t come now. Here are five reasons.” Millennials have less patience with institutions. Millennials don’t trust institutions – that includes the church. Millennials are less likely to be married. Single people are less likely…

5 Reasons Why Millennials Don’t Come To Church

“If we are going to help Millennials to come or come back to church, we need to understand why the Millennials don’t come now. Here are five reasons.” Millennials have less patience with institutions. Millennials don’t trust institutions – that includes the church. Millennials are less likely to be married. Single people are less likely…

1st quarter reading list

This year I’m going to be much more intentional with my time and one way I’m doing that is planning out my reading list 3 months in advance. Here’s what I’ve selected for January – March: January 2016 Generational IQ (helping me think through making decisions in the church that has, for the first time in…