Empower Your Leadership and Faith Journey with Inspiring Articles
Leadership & Faith Articles
These resources are designed to equip and empower you to pursue an abundant life. We discuss practical elements to develop your leadership and faith, so you can walk confidently in your calling.
Leadership is a lifetime of Lessons.
Dr. Robert Clinton
As leaders, we are entrusted with the care and safekeeping of others
It takes clarity, commitment, community, and confidence.
Nurturing Trust: Five Ways to Build Trust in Your Organization
Trust is the cornerstone of every organization. It’s rooted in one person’s expectations of and vulnerability to the actions of another. Without it, the foundation of any team, business, or organization will falter.
Unwavering Love: Finding Hope in the Dark Moments of Life
Faith, like fear or freedom, is hard to describe. Sometimes, it’s impossible to understand the depth or magnitude of its might. But then, we get a small glimpse of the sunrise and are reminded that He is Risen and that we are not alone.
Emotional Intelligence: The Heartbeat of Effective Leadership
Delve into the importance of emotional intelligence (EQ) in leadership, starting with self-awareness.
Faith in Leadership: Guiding with Values-Driven Conviction
In a world shaped by the relentless pursuit of profit, power, and politics, the role of faith often falls to the sidelines of professional...
7 Ways to Cultivate a Resilient Mindset
In the fast-paced world we live in, developing a resilient mindset is not just a luxury but a necessity. Whether you're navigating the...
4 Essential Elements for Leadership Excellence
Achieving leadership excellence demands continuous growth and refinement. As a leader, your role extends beyond mere authority, requiring...
What You Should Know About Fixed and Growth Mindsets
Imagine the following scenario: You’ve been working tirelessly on a business idea, putting in the work every day. But at the last...
7 Steps to Create a Personal Development Plan
When we decide to act to better ourselves, we become all-rounded. As a result, you learn more, improve, or gain new skills that apply...
Everything You Need to Know About Coaching
Things change. We grow, evolve, and find ourselves asking for new opportunities as the seasons of our lives change. But often,...
46 Business Leadership Quotes from Inspirational Leaders
As a business leader, CEO, Entrepreneur, Small Business Owner, or Non-Profit leader, a significant part of your day-to-day role requires...
Redefining the Pursuit of Purpose
What is my purpose? It's an age-old question with answers as fluid as the wind. Purpose is such an elusive creature. It...
How to Enter a Season of Preparation
“I don’t want to quit,” declared my blue-eyed daughter. Frustrated, she sat at our kitchen table. This ambitious 16-year-old had her first...
A Tribute to Heroes and Legends
There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends. John 15:13 NLT I stood at the podium on a make-shift stage and...
Leadership By Divine Design
The average human spends 79 years or 28,835 days on Earth. That’s an average of 692,040 hours of life. When we ask, “How long does God...
How God Turns Pain Into Healing
Have you ever tried to build a sandcastle? Throughout my life and worldly travels, I've touched many grains of sand. I built castles on...
To the Future Writer: 5 Ways Blogging Changed My Life
It's been 2 years since I launched my first blog into the landscape of the internet. That first article carried much insecurity and fear....
For the Next Generation: Remember Our 9/11 Story
"A plane hit the World Trade Center," the Airman exclaimed as I walked into the operations center. I watched...
How to Make Margin in Difficult Times
Lisa was my "tribe mom"; a term of endearment for a mom who shared my life, in good times and bad. She stood beside me, day after day,...
To My Mom
May 9, 2021|Best Life, Blog Mom, Thank you for being the one who always loved me, despite my faults and failures. Thank you for always...
A Clean Heart
I desire a heart that does not cling to things like past hurts, guilt, shame, or regret. I yearn for a heart that seeks peace, wisdom, and...
7 Questions to Help Build Your Best Life
"I don’t want to do it anymore,” I said, looking across the table at my friend. She's the kind of friend you find once or twice in your...
How to Knit Together a Fabric of Faith
Faith is a funny thing. It’s often wrapped in layers of confusion and doubt. Faith beacons us. Drawing us toward a better...
13 Steps to Help You Find Peace and Purpose With God
I'm a recovering addict; not of drugs or gambling, but of multitasking. For years I thought I thrived. I didn’t wake up one...
Without him, I am nothing.
Today, I awoke to the sunrise. "He is Risen" we say in the Christian faith. He is Risen! For years, I've tried to understand...
A Guide to Navigating Life Storms
I live in the Uwharrie National Forest, tucked inside the North Carolina Piedmont. Our backyard is a cascading forest that connects to a...
God Sees You Under the Fig Tree
I live on the edge of the Uwharrie National Forest, surrounded by longleaf and loblolly pine trees. They tower amid the endless blue sky....
5 Ways to Discover Your Hidden Heart
Sometimes we dream of changing the world. Images of being a doctor or an international spy fill our thoughts like a runaway train....
What Can Social Media Teach You about Dealing With Anger?
5 years ago I posted a sunset photo on social media. It was my attempt to share a bit of beauty and peace with the world. But...
Are We Too Old For Cartwheels?
Last summer I attended a leadership course for work. I work for the U.S. Army and I spent 4 weeks at Ft. Leavenworth,...
Getting To Know God While You’re Waiting
A few months ago, I started a Bible devotion with a few friends because one of our dearest friends was given a severe cancer diagnosis...
Are You An Inspirational Leader?
"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin." Mother Theresa Recently I examined the "Nature of...
Do You Grow Where You’re Planted?
My husband and I met in the U.S. Air Force, working at a radio station in Maryland. During our tenure the station grew into a global...
Are you finding joy in the journey?
Do you ever find yourself lost in a sea of despair, wondering where exactly you're supposed to go? Are you seemingly all alone and without...
Where did you find God?
Dates are funny things. Through them we track progress and loss. We use them to remember significant events. As I grow,...
Our Grand Adventure Awaits!
I grew up in the oilfields of Oklahoma, where the wind goes sweeping down the plains. In the summer, the wind is like an oven blowing...
Book Recommendations
Check out this list of my favorite resources to help you grow in the areas of leadership and faith.