Collaboration: For the Shared Good of Community
Collaboration is a posture toward the shared good, where trust grows and responsibility is shared.
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“An Honest Return: 40 Days of Waking Up”
Lent isn’t about trying harder or feeling worse. It’s a pause we didn’t schedule—an interruption that invites us to wake up, slow down, and tell the truth about where we are. An Honest Return: 40 Days of Waking Up is a gentle, daily journey for the curious, the weary, and the quietly hopeful.
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Still Waiting on Cattle… Now We Have Potatoes
After mangoes, lemons, and oranges came a 1,000-pound bin of red potatoes – on a rainy, windy day. Still waiting on cattle, I’m learning that provision doesn’t always arrive contained and manageable. Sometimes manna comes in bulk, and the miracle is not ownership, but community showing up to share.
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The New Math We’ve Learned to Live By
We’ve learned a new kind of math – one that justifies harm by comparison and excuses ourselves by pointing elsewhere. This reflection names hard truths about racism, privilege, and accountability, not to shut down conversation, but to invite something deeper: honesty, listening, and the courage to do better together.
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I Asked for a Hill – God Sent Fruit Instead.
I prayed for provision and asked God for one hill. Instead, He sent fruit – actual fruit, in abundance. What began as a simple prayer turned into a lesson on control, trust, and God’s sense of humor. A reflection on unexpected provision and receiving exactly what was needed.
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When Faith Gets Hijacked…
Faith has become easier to identify by its alliances than by its resemblance to Jesus. This reflection begins an honest, unfolding conversation about faith, power, and division – and the quiet invitation to return to a Jesus-centered faith that was never meant to belong to a side.
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The Weight We Never Named
When leadership lacks clarity, people don’t just burn out – they bleed. This reflection names the hidden weight of undefined expectations, moral tension, and role confusion, and calls leaders to reclaim clarity as an act of stewardship.
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Leadership Inspiration | Personal Journey | Random Thoughts from PB's Brain | Thoughts on World Events
The Leadership in the Mirror
There was a time when we could look up and clearly see what leadership looked like. Today, that space feels thin—sometimes empty. In the absence of examples worth emulating, we’re left with a quieter, more uncomfortable invitation: to examine the leadership forming within us.
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Life on Hold, But Not Alone…The Ducks Can Vouch for Me!
2025 wasn’t a highlight reel—it was a pause. A year of waiting, listening, long phone calls, and unexpected teachers… including ducks.
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“a simple reflection of what Christmas means to me”
i didn’t always know what Christmas was supposed to feel like. i knew what it looked like. lights wrapped too tight around gutters. playlists arguing with each other in grocery store aisles. packages showing up faster than patience ever does. everyone saying, “it’s the most wonderful time of the year,” while quietly hoping it will be…
