I asked three of my friends who I know are living intentionally to share how they build capacity in their lives, and how it changes them. I also asked them to share their top tip for effective capacity building. Listen Now.
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It’s okay to panic… at first — StoryVox Podcast
This happened 16 years ago. But the details are as fresh as yesterday. I was in the second class of Junior Secondary School – what Americans would call 7th grade. I was ready to represent my class as a lead speaker in a school debate with the 6th grade /JS1 class – our juniors. I…
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Who will I say sent me?
Do you remember what people say when you want to do something great? What do they say when you mess up? They say “can you do it?” who sent you in the first place?” “who asked you to do it?” Moses knew that so well: he wanted to do something great. But he had messed…
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MISTAKES X FAILURE
What do you do when you make a mistake? What should you? This nifty post gives you an idea.
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Little lights
Big light, little light, we should all shine. In retrospect, I think the childhood chorus “this little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine,” was curated to tell the child that there is a light within, a light of passion, of purpose, fueled by the…
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Run your own race
The pressure to perform can be as helpful as it is disastrous. As a writer, I am torn between do it now and wait until it is perfect. For a long time, I was confused about what school of thought to pattern myself after because I didn’t want to offend the wisdom of either, as…
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We hear you!
Hey, I see your face anytime you walk out of the youth room. It’s downcast. You share great life insights. But you feel what you say is way over our heads. You feel like it entered through one ear and got out through the other. No. It may not seem like that, but we hear…
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The Uncharted path
It is pertinent to seek and discover God’s will for you – his purpose for your life. But when you then try to plan your own path in light of the insight God showed you about your future, you are trying too hard to help God. Whatever you know about your life is an impartial…
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Don’t lose heart
What to do when the day to day requirements of purpose is not always as exciting or scintillating as the envisioned end point.
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Why not Philip?
DISCLOSURE: This is a long post. You might want to get your brewed coffee. I’m a storyteller. That means my imagination runs wild and the muse shows up at any time, and even at Bible study. When it does, though, I get so excited but here’s the caveat: Though this might be an accurate analysis,…
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