Randall Breland

“Others.” A plaque of golden wood sat above the threshold with this word etched boldly into it. I first noticed it sitting at the kitchen table of my mentor’s home while eating breakfast with him and his family. This family…

One of my favorite hobbies is cycling. My wife and I purchased two hybrid bikes three years ago and quickly became gearheads. During the first few months, it was exciting to start learning how to track cadence, heart rate, and…

When we think of spiritual warfare, the normal routines, habits, and relationships in our day-to-day life are not what immediately comes to mind. Our last post noted the need to fight the adversary and to put on an awareness and…

Winston Churchill is one of the greatest leaders of the twenty-first century. Churchill was known for grueling workdays, capricious moods, and an uncanny ability to master the many details and puzzles of modern warfare. As the Prime Minister during World…

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” – John F. Kennedy Learning from Life I took a trip to Costa Rica one time with my wife and some of our best friends. We rented an SUV and paid the…

By Joshua Reichard Dietrich Bonhoeffer once said, “Only He who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes.” Bonhoeffer embodied this statement throughout his life. He stood for truth during WWII, which cost him years in prison, separation…

I want to give you a fair warning. This post is not going to advise you to simplify, scale down, or pull back on commitments. I certainly am not recommending that you abdicate your responsibilities. Instead, I want to help…

The month of February is chiefly known for Valentine’s Day. On February 14, the western world celebrates their relationship with their significant others. For this reason, we have decided to focus the Monday for Habits posts this month on relationships….

I remember the haunting words to this day: “Your dirty car is a spiritual problem.” A mentor of mine said this while teaching on dominion from Genesis 1. My car was not embarrassingly dirty, but I rarely gave it a…

When I was in college, I worked at a gym and loved every minute of it. One of the things that you notice working at a gym is the cycles of a calendar. We would have record-setting rates of sign-ups…