Leadership Reflections

The twentieth century was the first century in known history to be considerably atheistic. It was also the bloodiest century, with more than 100 million killed in war and in horrible atrocities by atheist and fascist leaders such as Stalin, Lenin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Mao Zedong, Idi Amin and the like. This shows religion is not the cause of evil but holds back much evil from taking place.  Read More

(Delivered at a vigil in Sunset Park, Brooklyn on September 11, 2010.)

Today is indeed a somber day for every citizen of this nation--especially those who live in New York City--a day when we remember the 3,000 people brutally murdered by one cowardly act of terrorism, and when we remember the hundreds of firefighters and police officers who gave their lives to save others.  Read More

When certain politicians and/or Christian leaders speak about social justice they are really speaking about the proliferation of entitlements through government programs financed by the forced redistribution of wealth through a progressive tax structure. This is nothing more or less than Marxism.  Read More

Some quotes:
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, ‘we did it ourselves.’”
-Lao-Tzu 604-531  Read More

Nowadays, pastors emphasize church growth by focusing on successful strategies for understanding their surrounding culture and target audience, and examining their congregations to determine their strengths and weaknesses. What follows is an arduous process of changing the culture of a church to reflect the new methodologies in order to fulfill its mission. The process of changing a church’s culture involves giving people a heart for evangelism, being sensitive to new people so their target audience can be reached, and empowering the congregation to have ownership of the new vision.  Read More

Arthur F. Miller Jr., the founder of People Management International, discovered after years of research that most people have 5-7 motivating gifts operating systematically in their lives. He uses the acronym MAP to describe our “Motivated Abilities Pattern.” This MAP is far more comprehensive and accurate than the typical Myers-Briggs or DISC personality profiles people take to understand themselves better. The latter deal more with our conditioned responses (behaviorism) in certain situations rather than help us discover the primary gifts that motivate us and point us to our purpose in life.  Read More

Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
-Lao Tzu  Read More

“Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing, however slightly so it may appear to you...From the practice of the purest virtue, you may be assured you will derive the most sublime comforts in every moment of life, and in the moment of death.”   Read More