Jul 15, 2015 | Anger, character, Family, Leadership, Marriage, Relationships, Stress, Uncategorized
Have you ever been in a meeting where people were talking (and maybe even shouting), but no one was communicating? I recently sat through one of those. 90 minutes of sheer torture. Multiple people talking over each other, not listening to each other, and trying to...
Jul 9, 2015 | Anger, Contentment, Family, Leadership, Marriage, Productivity, Relationships, Rest, Stress, Uncategorized
Rachel Macy Stafford, a New York Times bestselling author, relays the following personal story about hurry. “My thoughts and actions were controlled by electronic notifications, ring tones, and jam-packed agendas. And although every fiber of my inner drill sergeant...
Jun 11, 2015 | Anger, character, Contentment, Forgiveness, Marriage, Relationships, Stress
Disappointment is a universal emotion. Disappointment is the distance between our expectations and our reality. The gap between what we think should happen and what actually does happen. Disappointment rears its head everywhere. We experience it in sports (I’m a...
Feb 26, 2015 | Leadership, Marriage
Today we welcome a fresh voice to the Converge Coaching blog… Dave Barringer. Dave is a husband, father, a new friend of mine, and the pastor of a growing church. Hope you enjoy his contribution ~ John It was May ’99 and I just completed my second year of...