Kevin East

This book, Spiritual Leadership, is my favorite book on leadership. In trying to keep with the age-old axiom that great books shouldn't be read...

It's true. Occasionally, my wife and I get into it. Figuratively speaking, we kick, punch, claw, wrestle and just plainly get mad. Throughout...

In 2004, my assistant walked into my office in tears. Drowning in debt, she was struggling hard to keep her head "above water." She was upside down...

I haven't liked Valentine's Day since 5th grade. Cindy Smith was the girl for me back then. Valentine's was my opportunity to express my vast,...

My parents made plenty of mistakes. Yours did too. As a dad now with 4 kids, I've finally arrived at that place where I am more cognizant of the...

Almost four months ago now, we received our first foster child. That night, we were awakened by a phone call around midnight and were asked if we'd...

I am not a staunch Republican. I don't watch cable news over and over, and mindlessly repeat the taglines to anyone willing to listen. I say this...

As leaders, we have an issue to face: How can we really influence the culture within the organization we work?

More and more people seem to keep asking me about our story of fostering. I remember being on the other side, wondering how tough it would be to...

The quickest way to a parent's heart is through their kids. There is no way around that. Just like when a momma bear gets aggressive because her...

The other night I was tucking my kids into bed. I noticed my oldest had a glowing silly band on his wrist. Knowing that he would play with the...

The other day I was on the ground cleaning up food that had been spilled...again. You know, little kid food. The kind that is all over the face,...

[I] have the sickness. That drive to always want to make something better. One of the most satisfying feelings I experience does not come with a,...

A few weeks ago I was speaking to a group of high school students at my house. In the middle of my time with them, my wife and kids got back home,...

Life is tiring. Everyone's job has those areas that energize, but also the areas that drain. Family life can be great, but constantly trying to...

I can't count on two hands how many times I have set out to read through the Bible from beginning to end, yet somewhere in the first few weeks, I...

Any organization that has great staff wants to hold on to them. We are no different. However, at some point, many of our staff sense God calling...

A while back our phone rang at midnight. It was Child Protective Services calling to let us know that three kids had been rescued from a horrible...