As I visited the fire hall in my father’s hometown a week ago, I wasn’t expecting to capture today’s Insider Journal. Had I known, I would have at least tried to style my hair. But after standing near my deceased grandfather’s fire hat on the wall, I marveled at his courage! Lord, embolden us to […]

One truth we each experience every day in American Culture is that the country has deteriorated rapidly.  Americans are divided and polarized.  George Barna’s annual American Worldview survey shows a downward trajectory of faith, hope, love, and truth – both in the Church and Culture.  Most agree we are headed for crisis.  Some say it’s

Most people come into The Master’s Program asking this question: “What does God want me to do?“ We spend focused time answering that with other marketplace leaders to see to it that God would get the best of me to honor all that is great about Him. Yet, this question can haunt and often freeze

How do you know it’s time to wage war and are you prepared for it? Once you have determined that you are committed to walking in LifeMastery you have signed up for an ancient battle with an invisible adversary. Adam and Eve were the first royal couple in the garden but after their encounter with

The Master’s Program community is all about the pursuit of LifeMastery.  We are taking our God-given authority to manage our individually assigned responsibilities in 10 areas.  If any shortcut exists, for me, this is the closest thing to it.  In all my years of pursuing LifeMastery, this one strategy has been the single most consistently

The big question that many of us face is am I ever going to find my life’s mission and will all that I am currently doing (with my life) even count? Will my life have an eternal echo?  Start at the beginning with the definition of calling for the transformed believer in Jesus – to

How will you launch into summer this June? With restrictions lifting and graduation celebrations wrapping up, many of us are scheduling summer activities. I have not seen my Canadian family in two years, and I am making plans to visit them. What will your summer hold? Will you be launching new initiatives this summer, or

One crazy truth I’ve learn in the Santa Barbara beach volleyball culture: most people want to play with those who are more skilled.  It makes sense, really, when you think about it.  In TMP we often quote motivational speaker Jim Rohn who said, “’You are the average of the five people you spend the most

In the story of the parable, Jesus talked about the man who went to go wake up his neighbor for some bread, the man pounded on that door. Why would he pound on that door? Why would you pound on that door? Maybe it’s just persistence? Maybe there is something that we can put into our

We are unpacking boxes in our new home, and we’ve discovered that the architect that designed the home, also lived here. He included inherit functionality in the plans of the house that integrated into his wife’s and his lifestyle. The light switches, window placements, and house technologies currently in place were part of his master