The Today Counts Show

Send us Fan Mail What is the Communication Triangle?  Is it a mysterious location somewhere on the globe where a communication goes in and is lost forever?  Is it Elon Musk's latest project?  Luckily, neither of those are true.  The Communication Triangle is a method or process ( newly named on today's podcast ) that Jim shares to help leaders quickly compile and outline information to d...

Send us Fan Mail Special guest General Jerry Boykin talks with Jim about the attack on Israel, their ongoing response to the attack and the reactions of Americans to these events.  It's hard for most of us to imagine what happened in Israel or to know what it's like to live in a nation like Israel that is constantly under attack from hostile enemies.  Even on our worst days here in the U...

Send us Fan Mail Near the end of this podcast Jim says this, "When you work on your life, good things come from it."  How does this relate to having convictions?  Jim uses the examples of his own convictions to illustrate how they inform or influence your calendar.  Now, that may not mean an actual calendar with every minute of every day pre-planned, though for many people (like Jim) tha...

Send us Fan Mail While reflecting on the impact his grandfather had on his life, Jim created a list of ideas, or concepts, he wants to pass along to his grandchildren and his family.  He condenses this wealth of knowledge about leading a good and productive life into 10 points to share with you on this episode of The Today Counts Show.  This information can apply to anyone in any stage of life.  H...

Send us Fan Mail Jim Piper delivers a personal message today about the how and why of spiritual growth and maturity.  What is there to gain?  Your life will change for the better!  In contemporary terms, you'll become more self-aware, more compassionate and epithetic, more purposeful in serving others, more grateful and more content just to name a few things.  The Bible describes it like this...

Send us Fan Mail The topic for today's show is a tricky one.  Conflicts and difficult conversations.  Probably an area most people would rather not think about but if you are a leader, there are many skills you must learn and this one is crucial.   Jim's guest today is here to teach her proven methods.  Heather Celaya is an executive pastor at a large, multi-campus church in San Antonio,...

Send us Fan Mail Today Jim brings another fantastic guest to the Today Count's Show.  Cameron Davies is a serial entrepreneur.  He is founder and CEO of Cruising Kitchens, founder and CEO of Davies Entertainment and creator of the Built For Business TV series.  That is really just a surface level description of Cameron's business activities!  He is also a proud family man and a man of fa...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Today Counts Show, Jim welcomes his friend and colleague, Winston Harris.  Winston is a pastor at NorthRock Church in San Antonio, Texas.  For those of you who don't know, Jim Piper is also a licensed and ordained minister.  This sets up some clear differences in perspective since Jim is a pastor from the Baby Boomer generation and Winston is a pastor f...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the sixth and final episode of our six part series focusing on the practical lessons to be learned from the wisdom of Paul in 1 Timothy in the New Testament.  Jim Piper's commentary will guide you through the application of this biblical wisdom and help put it into context for today's leaders.  If you are not a Christian don't be turned off by the Bible&a...

Send us Fan Mail This is the fifth episode of our six part series focusing on the practical lessons to be learned from the wisdom of Paul in 1 Timothy in the New Testament.  Jim Piper's commentary will guide you through the application of this biblical wisdom and help put it into context for today's leaders.  If you are not a Christian don't be turned off by the Bible's use as...

Send us Fan Mail This is the forth episode of our six part series focusing on the practical lessons to be learned from the wisdom of Paul in 1 Timothy in the New Testament.  Jim Piper's commentary will guide you through the application of this biblical wisdom and help put it into context for today's leaders.  If you are not a Christian don't be turned off by the Bible's use as...

Send us Fan Mail Jim's topic today is parenting.  One of the most challenging, most important and most rewarding things a person can do in their life.  Don't let the title of this podcast fool you,  when Jim talks about "raising kids who win", he's not talking about grooming kids to be great athletes.  He is talking about raising kids who win in life!  Kids who grow up to...

Send us Fan Mail This is the third episode of our six part series focusing on the practical lessons to be learned from the wisdom of Paul in 1 Timothy in the New Testament.  Jim Piper's commentary will guide you through the application of this biblical wisdom and help put it into context for today's leaders.  If you are not a Christian don't be turned off by the Bible's use as...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the second episode of our six part series focusing on the practical lessons to be learned from the wisdom of Paul in 1 Timothy in the New Testament.  Jim Piper's commentary will guide you through the application of this biblical wisdom and help put it into context for today's leaders.  If you are not a Christian don't be turned off by the Bible's use...

Send us Fan Mail This podcast is the first in a series of six episodes of the Today Counts Show that will focus on the practical lessons to be learned from the wisdom of Paul in the book of 1 Timothy in the New Testament.  Jim Piper's commentary will guide you through the application of this biblical wisdom and help put it into context for today's leaders.  If you are not a Christian don...

Send us Fan Mail The journey was on... that's how Jim's guest describes his life after a trip to Africa and a vision from God lead him to quit college and live in his car for 8 months while he started the non-profit organization that became Vapor Ministries .  As inspiring as that sounds, it doesn't come close to describing his whole life's journey. Today Jim Piper has an in-de...

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...