Posts by Special Guest
How to Lead during the Coronavirus (and other Crises)
We are facing global leadership challenges that most of us have never experienced. Within the last week the response to COVID-19 (coronavirus) has led to closing borders, canceling major global events, sports leagues postponing all games, prominent companies moving all their employees to work from home, and a panicked shortage of toilet paper. Just within…
Read MoreHow to Navigate Changing Seasons
September, and Autumn in general, is this great cultural shift into what feels like a new year. Pace changes after the summer, schedules become more predictable, and there’s lots of work to be done! For you, it may mark kids going to school, YOU going to school, a new job, a new home, a new…
Read MoreWho is Jesus?
Who is Jesus? Do you know him? During our last show, I shared with the team ‘who Jesus is.’ He is described in the Bible, and we who know him personally, have experienced: He is friend, brother, saviour, king, servant, teacher, the light and truth and way, the Word made flesh and blood, fully human…
Read More5 Things You Might Not Know About … Joanna la Fleur
Hi, here are FIVE things that you might not know about me … 1. I lived in Romania as an expat kid and France as a business student. These experiences greatly shaped my worldview and desire to see the whole world. (35 countries and counting…) 2. My favorite mode of transportation right now in the…
Read MoreDad-isms
If you were raised by your dad or had a significant father figure, then you are guaranteed to have some “Dad-isms”. Dad-isms are quotes or expressions that your dad would say regularly to get things in your head, to make you understand your own history, to create discipline and character in you, or to try…
Read MoreStop Criticizing Millennials
Millennials are a motivated, passionate, and networked generation. Too often they are criticized by a reductionist version of who they really are as a demographic. I just got off a video call with a group of amazing millennials who are strategizing and planning to impact the world through digital technology. I had the privilege of…
Read MoreBrought Back to Life
Happy Easter! Wow, if you live in Canada, hasn’t it felt like the longest winter this year? Like we’re finally emerging from the cold and darkness. I’m so glad that the way we typically mark the end of Winter and the beginning of Spring is also around Easter. New life is literally bursting out of…
Read More5 Ways to Make Easter Extra Special This Year
Here are 5 ways YOU can make Easter Extra Special This Year: With Kids Did any of you grow up with “Resurrection Eggs”? Here’s a link to them on Amazon if you want to see what they look like or buy them for your kids. Each of the 12 colorful eggs open up and inside…
Read MoreThe Gift of Gentleness
Let’s get one thing straight right of the get go: gentleness is not weakness. Rather, gentleness is great strength under control. Think of it like a lioness caring for her cubs. Like a ballet dancer in pointe shoes. Like a horse wearing a bridle. Like all the claims of toilet paper brands, “Gentle on skin,…
Read MoreThe Practice of Patience
I remember a time in my life where I was struggling with burnout. Things had been not going well for a while, but I couldn’t quite figure out what it was that was happening to me. Surely a person in their 20’s couldn’t be “burnt out”?! But I was. Unfortunately I checked lots of those…
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