Chess is one of the few games that does not depend on luck. You are not going to roll a seven and, surprisingly, win the game. You are not going to see an ace turn up on the river to complete your poker straight. You are going to win or lose because you planned, focused,

The dishes are my domain, and they were piling up. I cleaned out one of the two basins, put the stopper in the drain, and filled it with hot water, mixing in a good squirt of dish soap. When I turned around, my college-age son stood behind me, and his words surprised me: “I’ll help.”

Picture this: Your client is on the dance floor and in the thick of it—spinning, reacting, dodging elbows, and trying not to trip over their own feet. The music is loud, the pace is relentless, and the dance floor is packed with people who all seem to be demanding something. That’s leadership on a daily

Sometimes, the thing preventing a client from moving forward isn’t a lack of motivation, a clear game plan, or accountability. It’s not a lack of skill or a fuzzy vision, either. And it’s not that their level of effort is too low or that they are facing challenging external circumstances. Instead, the roadblock is inside

The Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ is a fantastic mystery, but I do not think God just stuck a full-term baby inside the waiting mother. Technically, though God is not always technical, God the Father implanted a zygote, a fertilized egg, into Mary’s womb. A zygote is a single cell filled with DNA that divides