Truth Can Move People. Our Posture Can Determine Which Way. Back during the Covid years, I decided to finally tackle writing a book. It had been a dream of mine for a long time, and a few months of quarantine and a slower pace finally gave me the...
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WHAT FALLS OFF YOU WHEN YOU GET BUMPED?
WHAT FALLS OFF YOU WHEN YOU GET BUMPED? An Accidental Discovery in My Backyard My son and I planted a couple of dark purple trees in our backyard years ago. I wish I could tell you I knew exactly what kind of trees they were. I did not. Frankly, we planted...
We Celebrate Charity. We Tolerate Business: Rethinking the Missional Dimension of BAM
I’m not a provocateur by nature. Most people (who don’t ride in a car with me) know me as measured and careful with what I say and how I say it. But one of my favorite “poke the bear” statements when I’m talking to a roomful of missions-minded Christians is...
THE ACHIEVER’S DILEMMA
Download the PDF version: CLICK HERE By Bill Tibbetts KEY TAKEAWAYS Ambition is not the enemy of contentment. Christian maturity allows us to pursue meaningful outcomes without requiring those outcomes to give us identity, security, or peace. Achievement...
The Spiritual Discipline of Sleep
When I was a kid, I had a sleeping superpower. On any given Saturday morning or during the long summer breaks from school, it was nothing to sleep right through breakfast and hardly even rollover until Bob Barker was announcing the Showcase Showdown. Assuming...
Connecting the Rails: The Convergence of Faith, Work, and the BAM Movement
In 1863, two railroad companies began building toward one another across the United States. From Sacramento, the Central Pacific pushed east into the Sierra Nevada. From Omaha, the Union Pacific pushed west across the Great Plains. They were not the same...
Pressure Reveals the Identity Gap
Pressure Reveals the Identity Gap "I think you're completely wrong." As the words came out of my mouth, even in the heat of the moment, I could visualize myself in slow motion trying to grab them and shove them back to the recesses of my soul. Too late. ...
That Folding Chair Is Not a Stepladder
That Folding Chair Is Not a Stepladder Your Work Is Beautiful When It Functions as It was Designed You step confidently into the garage. In the far corner, on the top shelf beneath your old baseball mitt, the “It’s Fall Y’all” doormat awaiting its October...
Achievement Culture and the Erosion of Love
Achievement Culture and the Erosion of Love His phone never really stopped buzzing. There was always another text to return, another person who needed him, another problem that somehow became urgent at 9:47 p.m. His calendar? It looked...
The Leadership Drift Problem
The Leadership Drift Problem Why We Overcorrect, Undercorrect, and How to Stay Anchored Bill Tibbetts There is a leadership pattern I cannot unsee. Once you notice it, you start seeing it everywhere: churches,...
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