The word “accountability” usually makes people uncomfortable. The mere thought of being open, honest, and vulnerable with another person does not sound appealing.

As a child, I was taught the phrase, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” As an adult, I laugh at this.

There’s an entire genre within the entertainment industry known by this informal word. This is a category of story where you don’t know the culprit of the crime until it’s revealed at the end of the book, film, or television show.

Harmony Brown, since her time with CDF Capital, has primarily been in the consulting world. She has helped individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations get a better handle on their mission and vision, funding, and community impact. Harmony’s latest journey, however, has the Colorado native ecstatic about the new opportunities that God has provided for her.…

Ministry begins with rest. It does not spawn from the roots of strategy and busyness. Ministry is not birthed from growth principles and how-to books. It emerges from resting in God.

The famous writer Mark Twain is to have said, “I am not troubled by the things in the Bible which I do not understand, but I am troubled by those things which I do understand and which I find very difficult to measure up to.”

When someone asks me how I’m doing, I typically respond that I’m busy. I’ve been working on not answering this way. Using “busy” as my default status reminds me of my misplaced priorities. Even though it pains me to admit, I tend to advertise my busyness to establish my value or my importance.

My daughter recently had a birthday. On her birthday morning, there was a singular red balloon stuck in one of the trees in our front yard. It was as if some random person let go of the flying object to join us in her celebration.

Even if you like what you do, chances are you still have a love/hate relationship with work. If you feel this way, you’re not alone.

When it comes to choosing their annual high points, very few ministers talk about how excited they were to create next year’s budget. While they would probably agree that it is an important document and acknowledge that a budget keeps their finances on track, very few pastors get excited about them-and that is a shame.…