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Send us Fan Mail Jim Piper welcomes Dr. Glen Schultz to the Today Counts Show.  Dr. Schultz defines what a worldview is and how your worldview is what guides you through life even if you don't consciously realize that you have one.  He then skillfully explains why a Biblical worldview is the only worldview that stands up to reality.  Jim and Dr. Schultz delve into some very serious subjects i...

Send us Fan Mail Today's podcast is a special one for sure.  It's not often that Jim welcomes a Women's Basketball Hall Of Fame coach to the show.  Jim's guest today is Sherri Coale!  Sherri was the head coach of the University of Oklahoma women’s basketball team for 25 years.  Her accomplishments there are impressive to say the least.  She led her program to three Final Fours,...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Mark Strauss joins Jim Piper today to discuss a huge topic, the Afterlife.  Heaven and Hell.  As Believers, we believe in these concepts but the details are a little unclear.  What happens to our soul after we die?  Does it stay with our physical body until the resurrection?  What if our body was cremated or destroyed in an accident?  If the soul does not stay with the body th...

Send us Fan Mail Jim's special guest today is Evan Owens.  Evan and his wife, Dr. Jenny Owens, are co-founders of the non-profit organization REBOOT Recovery.  The vision for REBOOT is to mobilize the largest peer-led response to trauma and suicide ever built!  Mental health is a serious and growing problem and traditional providers just can't keep up with demand.  REBOOT offers a peer-l...

Send us Fan Mail Does one-on-one professional career coaching and mentoring really work?  If you ask Elijah Camara (the student) and Carrie Esker (the coach), the answer is a resounding yes!  In this episode of The Today Counts Show Jim talks with Elijah and Carrie about their story.   Elijah spent most of his childhood in Africa until he moved to the United States to live with his sister when he...

Send us Fan Mail Today Jim Piper "returns to the classroom" to discuss leadership with Dr. Justin Irving.  Dr. Irving was one of the professors Jim studied under while pursuing his Master of Divinity degree at Bethel University.  Dr. Irving is currently Chair of the Department of Leadership and Discipleship at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The outline for today's talk i...

Send us Fan Mail This is a topic that Jim has discussed in a previous podcast but he believes so strongly in the impact of the message that he felt it was worth revisiting it.  Jim shares the six principles that can put you on the path to becoming the leader you need to be.  - Do what needs to done - Live Christianly - Choose multiple mentors/coaches - Learn the leadership context - Beware of the...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, Jim goes deeper into his life experiences that he began sharing in Episode 62 - The Authentic Leader.   This time Jim is focused on the lessons learned during his 12 1/2 years of planting churches in and around the Denver, Colorado area.  Some of those lessons are distilled down to these five fundamentals for successful leadership: 1. It's a three-leg...

Send us Fan Mail In this short coaching podcast, Jim starts off by walking us through the story of David and Goliath.  He points out that David chose to do battle with Goliath without the king's armor.  He chose to be authentic and fight with his own weapons and use his God given skill and talent.  How does this relate to leadership in today's world?  Jim explains that real, authentic le...

Send us Fan Mail Today Jim Piper's guest represents two of his favorite things; high school sports and specifically, wrestling.  Randy Gallegos is the head wrestling coach at Denver East High School in Denver Colorado.  Even though Randy was a state champion high school wrestler and a nationally ranked college wrestler, he had never considered coaching until his pastor "persuaded" h...

Send us Fan Mail Jim Piper welcomes a new friend to the Today Counts Show.  His name is Tom Carlson.  Tom is the CEO and Executive Director of ECatalyst , an organization whose purpose is to transform developing communities through their entrepreneurs.  Tom believes that by helping these entrepreneurs, they will build a sustainable, locally owned ecosystem that will help lift people out of poverty...

Send us Fan Mail Today Jim welcomes back one of his favorite guests, Johnny Sirpilla.  The topic is leadership and Johnny is a goldmine of knowledge and insight.  Jim and Johnny share a lengthy conversation about the responsibilities that should be top of mind for leaders at all levels.   About twenty seven minutes or so into this episode of the Today Counts Show, Johnny Sirpilla drops this golden...

Send us Fan Mail No, this is not a Halloween episode but the subject can be a scary one if you are responsible for hiring in your organization.  Jim has a lot to say about hiring.  He talks about the hiring process, what questions to ask in an interview to get the right kind of responses and the consequences of hiring for the wrong reasons (that's where the horror part come in).  According to...

Send us Fan Mail How does charisma relate to customer service and hospitality?  Well... think about it for a minute.  People with truly charismatic personalities make you feel like they are interested in and focused on what you have to say,  they make you feel at easy and welcomed and they just generally make the people around them feel good.  Anybody thinking that type of person might be a fantas...

Send us Fan Mail Do you look back at the end of the week or the month and wonder why you're no closer to accomplishing your projects or goals?  Or... do you look back at the end of the week or the month and see a clear picture of what you've done to move your projects or goals forward on the path to completion?  Maybe you fall somewhere between the two examples.  Maybe it's just not...

Send us Fan Mail Jim Tomberlin is a rock star in the world of church mergers and MultiSite churches.  He is the author of three books about related subjects and an encyclopedia (for those of you who remember what those are) of knowledge on the world of church growth and planning.  Jim Piper has a lengthy discussion with Jim Tomberlin (this could get confusing) about the "good old days" o...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of "The Today Counts Show" Jim introduces us to his friends and colleagues, Matt and Jennifer Martin.  Matt and Jennifer both serve as executive pastors at NorthRock Church in San Antonio Texas.  The subject today is "second chair leadership".   If this is a term you're not familiar with don't worry, by the end of this podcast you&apos...

Send us Fan Mail Today Jim Piper welcomes a very, special guest to the show... Ryan Hawk!  Ryan is a writer, advisor, entrepreneur and host of the hugely successful podcast " The Learning Leader Show ".  His second book " The Pursuit of Excellence " is a must-have resource for anyone who is serious about learning and improving their leadership skills. Ryan tells Jim that his mo...

Send us Fan Mail Jim is back with part two of today's topic; the sin of unforgiveness.  If you missed Ep. 50 - The Sin of Unforgiveness - Part 1 , you might want to give that one a listen and then return to this episode. Get ready for some truthful, possibly hard to hear, teaching about sin and the messy business of forgiveness.  There are two people involved in every sin; the person who comm...

Send us Fan Mail Jim Piper wants you to think about sin.  Probably not in the way you might imagine.  It could even be a completely new way for you to think about sin and the importance of forgiveness.  Do children and adolescences sin the same as adults? If you are a believer you know that we all sin but are there different levels of sin?  So many questions.  How does all of this relate to person...

Send us Fan Mail As this year comes close to an end, Jim Piper continues with an underlying theme of reflection.  It may sound cliché but remembering the events and the people in your past will help you understand what shaped you.  The good and the bad all add up to what you are today.  If you want to change or improve something about yourself in the future, it helps to understand what got you to...

Send us Fan Mail Reflection can be a good thing and a hard thing if you are honest with yourself.  Today Jim shares some personal reflections in order to illustrate how to use this process to learn from weaknesses.  It could be a personal flaw that is creating a weakness in your thinking or a flaw in your business decisions or a problem in your family life.  Where ever this exercise might lead you...

Send us Fan Mail Jim Piper uses the opening line of Rick Warren's book, " The Purpose Driven Life ", to expand on the importance of learning and understanding your purpose.  Purpose creates energy and drive and motivation.  Jim shares some ideas about how to define your natural talents and abilities.  What gifts did God give you and how should you use them to live out your purpose? ...

Send us Fan Mail It's not very often that we discourage people from listening to The Today Counts Show, but...  if you just show up at work to get a paycheck while you're waiting to win the lottery...  this is probably not the podcast for you, but then again, it might be exactly what you need to hear.  Jim Piper is in "tough love" mode today as he prompts you to evaluate your w...

Send us Fan Mail The Today Counts Show has not shied away from the topic of abortion ( Episode 37 ) or adoption ( Episode 39 ).  Today Jim Piper welcomes Kim Barton, director of The Share Center, to continue the discussion of both topics from a different perspective.  The Share Center is located in the Bulverde/Spring Branch area in south-central Texas.  The center's mission is to educate, su...