Recently, we were having a staff conversation about how being just PRETTY GOOD doesn’t really make people want to come back for anything. We all want our friends to LIKE US so much that we get invited to everything! We need our spouse WANTING US more than anyone else! We want our business or our […]

I had no idea I was in so much pride. As my airplane took off and I headed to our Florida campus, I began to pray over St. Louis. I prayed that it is a STRONG city (from Isaiah 26), that corporate headquarters and businesses are attracted to our city, that strong and wise leadership […]

Have you ever had a case of the flu where you felt SO BAD for SO LONG, that when you finally got better you thought,“Wow? I forgot how GOOD it feels to feel GOOD!” I think the same thing happens with EMOTIONAL wounds. In BETWEEN hurts, betrayals or flat-out breathtaking sucker punches, we tend to […]

As I was sitting in the doctor’s office discussing the results of an MRI that showed a herniated C7 disc, he just wasn’t buying my story of how it happened. “You mean to tell me that you were wrestling with your DOG and this happened?” he probed. “Yes. THAT is how it happened”, I replied […]

It never ceases to amaze me… I’m waiting on the ground for a flight. I look up to see dark clouds and rain. Then we board and it’s not long until we’re flying through the clouds. It’s not long until we’re beyond the storm and in the midst of beautiful sun-filled sky. I’ve come to […]