Years ago I completed a particularly sad divorce mediation. The husband had tried for years to meet his wife’s expectations, but she was adept…

Do you have an enemy today? Someone who has has done you great harm or is out to get you right now? Perhaps it’s…

This Sunday is Mother’s Day. If you’re tired of doing the same “card and gift” routine, allow me to suggest something that will…

I’ve hired many people … and fired only a few. My best co-workers thrived because of three key character qualities. The disappointing ones struggled…

If you have completed the online course, Discovering Relational Wisdom 3.0, you may request a “Pay-It-Forward Scholarship” that you may give to…

Years ago, one of my clients was in the hospital with only hours to live. He had no interest in seeing his stock portfolio one…

Discovering Relational Wisdom 3.0 is an interactive online course that both parents and children can use to develop relational skills that enable them to…

Unplanned is one of the most powerful movies I’ve seen in years. It’s the true story of Abby Johnson, one of the youngest…

I’ve seen a lot of leadership transitions over the past thirty years. Like the characters in an old Clint Eastwood western, they generally fell…

To find your greatest weakness, first identify your greatest strength and then look right behind it. That’s one of the tragic results of sin…

  Many pastors are much better at imparting information than they are at building relationships. They are comfortable in their studies. They love their books…

I learned the hard way how easy it is to breach a dam. When I was fourteen, my dad hired a contractor to enlarge a…

I failed a friend. Badly. No, not just badly … very badly. It took me a while to face it. When I finally realized what…

A week ago today, I had the privilege of teaching relational wisdom to our Montana State Legislators and their staffs. I was warmly welcomed by…

I recently received a complaint from a woman who I will call Ruth (not her real name) regarding a video clip I used in one…

Three weeks before Christmas, Wolfgang Dircks died while watching television. His body wasn’t discovered until five years later. None of the neighbors in his…

During a recent seminar in California, I was approached by a man named Ross who told me he is “successfully failing” in his business. Ross…

Would you like to move beyond superficial conversation during your Thanksgiving gathering this year? Would you like to connect deeply with your family and friends…

My mother-in-law lived with our family for twenty years. For six of those years, my mother also lived with us. Corlette and I…

To find your greatest weakness, first identify your greatest strength and then look right behind it. That’s one of the tragic results of sin…

When Corlette and I were raising and educating our children, we struggled far more with relational challenges than we did with academic content. Put four…

Adversity tends to pull us down. It hurts when others sin against us, take us for granted, fail to stand up for us, or break…

Would you like to have hundreds of articles, videos and downloadable ebooklets on relational wisdom, biblical peacemaking and Christian conciliation available on your smartphone? To…

Jeff’s reputation was being trashed by people in his own church. He was respected throughout the city for his outstanding Sunday school classes, which…

In today’s movie clip, Will Smith demonstrates the enormous benefit relational wisdom (RW) can have in the workplace. The clip comes from the movie…

After weeks of nonstop travel, I was running out of energy. As a result I was unusually apathetic as I walked into the conference center…

Includes 90 “Getting-to-Know-Others” Questions! Many of us waste golden opportunities to deepen relationships during family, church and business conversations. How? We ask…

Do you want to learn how to connect with people? Really connect? To touch others heart-to-heart, life-to-life? To convince them you…

Cindy and Alicia, both seventeen, walked out of the mall after a fun afternoon of shopping. Just as they reached Cindy’s car in the…

Businge Peter Simon passed the long hours in his prison cell dreaming about how he would murder the man who sent him there. But before…

Cinderella Man is packed with examples of relational wisdom. Russell Crowe plays the part of a real life hero named James J. Braddock. Once a…

One of my dearest friends and coworkers passed away ten days ago. Gary Brook had been fighting a respiratory illness for nearly a decade but…

In memory of the military personnel who have risked their lives to protect our freedoms, I am reprinting a post that describes how a highly…

XYZ Translators (all names changed) was about to lose a ten-year investment in learning the language of a remote tribe in Africa. John and…

Thousands of high school and college seniors are about to graduate and launch into the next season of their lives. Most of them are less…

Kelly can be one of the best friends in the world. She’s thoughtful, caring, and always eager to encourage and serve others. The people…

I inherited my love for practical jokes from my uncles. One of them was particularly adept at catching me off guard. Like the time he…

Every person on the face of the earth has a God-given capacity for empathy and compassion. Like every other ability, however, empathy does not…

At last he had his chance. Clutching his prepared statement in his hand, Mark sat down in the front pew, ready to get even with…

The current political climate, at both state and national levels, has highlighted the close connection between politics, pride and emotion. In an outward sense, every…