Why is it every time I teach at a youth leadership convention, the audience is comprised of 75% females? How can we proactively help today’s unmotivated, undisciplined, and eventually unemployed young males? One word...
By Thom McKee
Have you ever been betrayed in a way that makes it difficult for you to trust anyone? And if you have been in a place where you don’t trust, has it been hard to take risks with other people?
If you answered yes to these questions, you aren’t alone. Nothing erodes trust like betrayal. And, when you have a hard time trusting people, it is very hard to have healthy relationships with people. It is also hard to take chances, because you always fear that betrayal will happen again
By Thom McKee
Is violence the only way to solve problems? If you are a parent, you have inevitably had to deal with this. But let’s face it, if you are a human being you have had to deal with this too.
Recently my 13-year-old son asked me about how to deal with a situation with a bully. Now, I must say that most of his friends’ parents have given him different advice than I did. Most of his friends have been told to just hit the bully as hard as you can and they will leave you alone. I will even admit that sometimes that advice works. But that is not the advice that I gave my son. What I told him to do was to
In the song Millionaire, Grammy award winner Chris Stapleton sings about the value of relational closeness over material wealth. Few would deny that love is valuable, but have you ever considered that love might be worth more than anything this world has to offer? In this discussion we will talk about how love can make anyone feel like a...
The sweet taste of fruit is obvious and easy to identify. The sweetness of the fruit of the Spirit in a Christian’s life should be just as obvious...
Brandi Carlile wrote The Joke with the goal of uplifting people who struggle to fit the molds made for them by modern society. She says, “There are so many people feeling misrepresented [today] ... So many people feeling unloved. The message of this song is that the devaluing and lack of love won’t last, because there are better days...
By Thom McKee
Have you ever had a friend say something to your face, that you found out later was a blatant lie. I am not talking about omissions (which are also lies). I am talking about when person intentionally tries to deceive you. What does that do to the relationship?
In my experience, nothing kills relationships faster than lies. I believe that this is because relationships are built on trust… and nothing kills trust more than deception.