If you’re like me, you probably feel there’s more on the Internet that you ought to keep track of than is humanly possible.  You probably also feel that much of it isn’t worth keeping track of—that all it does is clutter up cyberspace and hide the truly “good stuff.”  So why on earth another blog?  Aren’t there enough already—even more than enough?

As I contemplated this journey, I asked myself that same question—and others—like, “what on earth can I contribute that isn’t already there?”  The honest answer is probably, “Nothing.”  And yet here I go.  Why?  Let me give three reasons I’m doing this.

The first, frankly, is to clarify my own thinking.  There is a lot available on both life and leadership in many forms.  Some of it is very good.  Some of it is little more than loose talk.  While I aspire to the former—the good stuff, I admit that too often I have been guilty of the latter—loose or even empty talk.   By putting things out there now for anyone (and everyone) to see, I’m hoping I will think long and hard about what I publish and why.

The second is to help others.  You yourself at some point might pick up something from my work that will help you or someone you know.  It may not necessarily be new or revolutionary in the larger scheme of things, but it may be new to you—or it may be stated in a way that captures your attention in a different way.  Or it may be nothing more than the time is right.  Sometimes a different voice at a different time makes all the difference in the world.  I know that’s true for me and I trust it’s true for you as well.

The third—and most important—is to glorify God in some way.  In Colossians 3:17 the New Testament writer and Apostle Paul says, “Whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”  My ultimate goal is, by serving you, to serve God in a way that is pleasing to Him and consistent with His desires for all of us.

So, as I begin on this journey, I hope that you (and many others) will join me.  I especially hope that what you see and read here will help and encourage you in ways I can’t even begin to imagine.