Centurion Word 2: King

Prevenient grace is the way God draws a person into relationship before the person has invited the relationship or God’s touch. Prevenient means “preceding.” Picture a tennis ball on the mattress of your bed. The rule is you can’t touch the ball, but you need to move the ball off of the bed. One good…

The key to a powerful punch is the plant foot from which a person drives force through their body to the punch itself. Similarly, the power to bless is born from the plant foot of identity in Christ, from which comes authority, alignment with the Kingdom’s desire to love and connect with creation, and clarity…

Who will pick up the tab? It’s usually the one in the authority position … if people get to project their daddy issues onto you, you’re the dad, and that means you’re the one who picks up the tab (same for moms). That doesn’t make the people you lead children. It does mean that the…

My eight-year-old son Henry isn’t a big fan of church. It feels too crowded and pushy and like he’ll get ambushed. He loves road trips and oceans where he can see vast distances. He says the open space makes him feel safe. So for the past few months my wife and daughter go to church,…

The thing about being a king – or a business owner, or a leader of people – is that the perks and prerogatives make it easy to feel like you’re doing okay even when you’re not. The burdens of leadership are a wildly potent source for rationalizing compromised behavior, as though you’re taking on wounds…

Several years ago, I named the nonprofit donor retention platform Bloomerang, and then I spent a couple of years working with leaders from the company and from professional fundraising associations asking the question, “Why has charity been stuck at 2% of GNP for years, and what would happen if we could bump it to 3%?”…