Catalyst Articles

Over the years, I’ve established my own system that seems to work for me. Thought I would share it. Let me admit - I don’t necessarily recommend the system I’ve instituted for myself. I would recommend implementing a system the experts recommend, and ultimately just some kind of system, whatever it looks like.

I’ve found that the best way to make sure your relationships bless—instead of curse—your legacy is to filter them through three specific lenses: ownership, magnification, and community.

Somehow our conversation kept looping back around to what she felt was her calling in ministry, and I realized it wasn’t really an issue of people not knowing her, but rather people not knowing of her. In her mind, being known meant that others knew her name and her platform, not her sin patterns and her heartaches.

A couple of months ago, we canceled our DISH Network subscription and are now just paying $8 a month to watch movies and TV shows on Netflix. I know of several friends that have done the same thing and are just using services like Netflix and HuluPlus and canceling subscriptions to cable and satellite. I want to share some lessons I’ve learned from the company of Netflix and two shows that I watch on Netflix.

Imagine waking up tomorrow morning with this revelation from the Lord: “I am not going to return in your lifetime. You are a Middle Christian. Behave accordingly.

As an up and coming emerging leader, DON’T DO THESE:

After all the nonsense that is repeated about Jesus being a gentle peacemaker, reading the Gospels is really quite a shock. We discover a Jesus who is in fact frequently embroiled in conflict—most of which he provokes himself (like healing on the Sabbath).

Here you go, the August edition of the Young Influencers List.

What do you do when God reads your life, knows your heart and your longings, and in a single moment, speaks them out loud through a complete stranger?

And while you might not have a colleague or employee that makes a habit of sinking their teeth into someone else's skin, chances are you do have some folks in your workspace that infect folks with corporate zombieism in other highly infectious ways (like emails and snarky gossip).

I was blessed to figure out what I wanted to do with my life at an early age. Since I was a kid, my passion has revolved around the financial principles my parents taught me.

I am always bothered by the person who continually just talks about themselves. The person who thinks that the world literally revolves around them. The person who constantly is only worried about how things will affect them personally. They pretend to be interested in others, but really are only concerned with furthering their career or pushing their agenda or making a bigger deal about themselves. It’s not about you. Really. It’s not.