by Alan Briggs | Mar 26, 2019 | Archive
I recently read this for a friend at his book release party… There are few art forms lonelier than writing a book. Writing a book is a marathon on a cold, dark night. You can see your breath and your feet slide across the ice from time to time. Your light grows...
by Alan Briggs | Feb 26, 2019 | Archive, Family
It felt wrong. It was my first time, but since then it’s become a habit. I used to think I should break this dirty habit, but now I don’t want to. Here’s my confession; I skip a lot of conference sessions for conversations. There, I said it....
by Alan Briggs | Feb 14, 2019 | Church
I hate when pastor scandals break in the news. We’ve come to expect these headlines will involve sexual sin or destructive pride, but occasionally a story breaks of a pastor who was money-hungry. These financial scandals grieve me on two levels; the damage this causes...
by Alan Briggs | Feb 14, 2019 | Archive
We’ve heard your suggestions for a podcast. Thanks for your persistence. Many of you have asked us to take Stay Forth Designs into your earbuds on the way to work, while you’re making dinner or while you’re at the gym. Great news; The Right-Side up Leadership...
by Alan Briggs | Jan 23, 2019 | Archive
Get back on the horse. We’ve heard it before, probably muttered it a million times. We preach it after others fail, pretending it’s a carrot of comfort, though it comes off like the threat of a stick. It’s as cliche and as true as the horse is heavy. We know the fall...
