It’s scary to realize that the only thing holding our friends to us isn’t our performance, or our lovability, or their guilt, or their obligation. Th….

Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives..

Dating is a place to practice how to relate to other people..

The opposite of bad is not good.The opposite of bad is love.

Love can only exist where freedom and responsibility are operating..

A culture is like an immune system. It operates through the laws of systems, just like a body. If a body has an infection, the immune system deals wi….

The extent to which two people in a relationship can bring up and resolve issues is a critical marker of the soundness of a relationship..

I'm not an expert in the sociological realities of all the pastors in the world, but I would say that there are some very, very positive things about….

Because dating is a human exercise, it can be a tightrope fraught with danger. You will be dating imperfect people, and some of them are more imperfe….

There's no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority..

To grow, we need things that we do not have and cannot provide, and we need to have a source of those things who looks favorably upon us and who does….

We have our own thoughts, and if we want others to know them, we must tell them..

If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor perfor….

The business of church is ultimately people. You're trying to heal people, grow people, teach people, and mend people. And when leaders spend all of ….

The amount of truth a relationship can handle is proportional to the amount of perceived love that's present..

When truth presents itself, the wise person see the light, takes it in, and makes adjustments. The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have….

Dating is not only a wonderful time of life, but also a context for enormous spiritual and personal growth. You learn so much about yourself, others,….

Things don't change in a marriage until the spouse who is taking responsibility for a problem that is not hers decides to say or do something about i….

In the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow..

Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence over their….

Anger is frustration at the fact that we are not God, and do not have control over reality..