I always find it interesting when you write a note, someone disagrees with you in the comments, then they disappear upon a counter or when you ask for clarity. You can always tells the critical thinkers from those that just play one on social media!

Sometimes a video stops you. I watched a groomer carefully work on a severely neglected dog whose fur was so matted and tangled that it could barely move. The mats were so thick they connected its ears, tail, and paws into one heavy, painful mess. You could hardly tell it was a dog. As I watched the slow, patient process of cutting away what was weighing it down and restoring what had been trapped underneath, I couldn’t help but think of what Christ does with us. We come to Him matted. Tangled. Weighed down by things we can’t even name anymore. Unable to move freely. And He doesn’t just clean the surface. He restores. He frees. He makes us new. As leaders, this picture stays with me. A lot of the people we lead are carrying matted layers — old wounds, sin patterns, dysfunctional systems, or the weight of life. Surface-level fixes don’t work. Real transformation takes time, patience, and a willingness to go deeper. But here’s what I keep coming back to: Only Christ can fully untangle what’s truly knotted. Leadership can create environments of refuge and patience. We can walk with people through the process. But the real transformation? That belongs to Him. (I’m not crying, you’re crying.)

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If you are gonna have a government, you might as well have it serve the people, not the other way around!

Many leaders get told they’re “too direct” or “not emotional enough.” It’s usually meant as criticism. But here’s what I’ve come to believe: The ability to stay calm and clear-headed when pressure hits isn’t a flaw — it’s a leadership strength. It allows you to see the situation objectively and make decisions without being swept away by the emotion of the moment. However, there’s a real tension here. Leadership is about people. And people have emotions. If you stay too far on the logical side, you can miss the humanity of the person in front of you. If you live too much in emotion, clarity gets lost and decisions suffer. The real work isn’t choosing between being “emotional” or “detached.” It’s learning how to stay steady while still connecting with the human being on the other side of the conversation. Most leaders I know are trying to find that balance. I don’t always get that balance right. None of us do. But I’ve found that when we give each other the benefit of the doubt — and we’re willing to adjust when we miss it — we lead better.

Good morning Nostriches! Sometimes reading scripture you are like “oh that was cool” or “I’ve read this 50 times before but never caught that nugget…” Then other times you are “🤯 whoa!!! You mean to tell me…” This morning was one of those days as I studied Jesus ordaining Peter to build His church (the body of Christ, not a building, institution, or legal entity). “And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the forces of Hades will not overpower it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth is already bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth is already loosed in heaven.”” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭16‬:‭18‬-‭19‬ ‭HCSB‬‬ What grabbed me was the concept of “bind and loose”. TIL this is heavenly authority and was common rabbinic language. • Bind = to forbid or prohibit (declare something off-limits according to God’s Word). • Loose = to permit or allow (declare something permitted according to God’s Word). The Greek tense is important: “whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven.” This means you are not creating new spiritual realities — you are declaring and enforcing on earth what God has already established in heaven. Practical meaning for believers today: As the church (the people of God), we have been given authority in Jesus’ name to: • Declare what is forbidden by God (bind). • Declare what is permitted and released by God (loose). What this means is this: The church is not just a group of nice people meeting on Sundays. We are an advancing army that the gates of hell cannot stop. This passage directly connects us (the church) to the spiritual battle we are in. We have been given real authority (keys + binding/loosing) to push back darkness, proclaim the gospel, and enforce heaven’s will on earth through prayer and the Word. Man…Amen!

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I’ll add to this… Think of documenting your business in two fashions: 1. Like an operating system that will require or otherwise benefit from updates and upgrades. Your computer, phone, and tech devices don’t sit stagnant month after month or year after year. Neither should how you do what you do in your organization. 2. Your business is a living, breathing, organism. The old adage, “when is the best time to plant a tree? 100 years ago…when is the next best time? Today!” The same goes for your business, life, and impact. As Stacey Ansley says, start now and start small. You don’t have to plant the entire forest, blocking off your schedule and taking a month off to execute this project…no…find one high leverage repeatable thing that is required for your business to thrive; and document that. Soon you’ll discover you have a handful of steps that can be handed off to a team member or that you will have simply offloaded from your brain, freeing up mental power to focus on your business rather than purely in it!

I survived another interrogation that was supposed to be dinner with the in-laws. 🙃

Good Morning Nostriches! A Son’s Journey With His Father. Most of us have seen this timeline before. It shows how a son’s view of his dad changes over the years — from hero at age 5 to “I wish I could sit with Dad one more time” at age 50. The final lesson hits hard: One day you realize he wasn’t being tough on you. He was shaping you into a man strong enough for the world. Here’s what’s different for me right now: My teen son is already living in the “age 30” part of that chart and we’ve thankfully been able to skip the messy bits. He’s telling me, “Dad, you were right about a lot of things,” even at age 14! Whether you had a great earthly dad, a broken one, or none at all — here’s the truth: Our Heavenly Father wants to be that primary Dad in our lives. He’s shaping us — pruning, guiding, strengthening — so we can become the men and women He created us to be. Where are you on that timeline with your Heavenly Father right now? #GM #PV