Yearly Archives: 2015

What gauge are you using to measure yourself? Recently, I heard something that shook me and shattered an old way of thinking that I didn’t realize I had. It completely changed my perspective on setting goals and going after big things, and how I see myself. I am not […]

Do THIS Before You Set Goals for the New Year.

30 Dec, 2015 in kingdom / Life / uncommon by uncommon

After speaking with LaVonia Tryon, author of Not Another Singles Book, on our podcast, I thought I would share some thoughts on relationships, and the power of growing and becoming while you are single. There are certainly many more, but here are 3 things I’ve learned over the years. Now, […]

3 Lessons to Learn About Relationships While You Are Single

16 Dec, 2015 in business / kingdom / Life / uncommon by uncommon

If you’ve ever spent any time at all in church, then it’s safe to assume that you’ve heard at least one sermon about the parable of The Prodigal Son. I’ve been attending church in some capacity my entire life, and I have heard so many variations of teaching on this […]

From Prodigals to Sons

9 Dec, 2015 in kingdom / Life / uncommon by uncommon

Most of us will enjoy celebrating Thanksgiving with our loved ones this week, but as we do, let’s keep in mind that being thankful is something we should not only do in a particular season, but all year long. Thankfulness is a powerful attitude that can bring many positive things […]

The Power Of Being Thankful

2 Dec, 2015 in kingdom / Life / uncommon by uncommon

More is caught than taught. Take a few minutes and think. Think about someone who has impacted your life in a good way; someone who has invested in you and who saw something in you that you didn’t see in yourself; someone with whom you spent (or spend) a […]

How to be a Great Mentor

17 Nov, 2015 in kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

What does it really mean to be a “missionary”? I was pretty sure I knew what a missionary was. We had just talked to Tracy Evans on the podcast and heard her story. What surprised me the most was not that she was a missionary, but what exactly she […]

We are All Missionaries… and We need to Re-Think that ...

11 Nov, 2015 in kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

“Create” the change you wish to see in the world. We all seem to have our own filters through which we notice certain problems in the world. Sometimes the problems are noticed by a lot of people, and sometimes it can feel like we are the only ones who can […]

The Problem You were Created to Solve

3 Nov, 2015 in business / kingdom / politics / uncommon by uncommon

Pursuing Excellence in your Current Position Bob Bogue was 17 years old and entering the cadet program for the Garden Grove Police Department in Garden Grove, CA. He had a dream to be a police officer ever since a policeman visited his “Teens and Law” class in high school. The […]

Promotion Follows Passion

28 Oct, 2015 in business / kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

“I’m so thankful that the Lord didn’t limit me to my dreams.” Danny Silk was working at a local grocery store in his hometown of Weaverville, California as a meat cutter. After getting saved at 21 years old, his goal was to eventually own that grocery store and turn it […]

Don’t Limit Yourself to Your Dreams

20 Oct, 2015 in kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

Champion: A Person who voluntarily takes extraordinary interest in the adoption, implementation, and success of a cause, policy, program, project, or product. He or she will typically try to force the idea through entrenched internal resistance to change, and will evangelize it throughout the organization. These people are also known […]

Be Who You Needed When You Were Younger

13 Oct, 2015 in kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

Planting the Seeds of Desire We don’t just “know” what we are “supposed” to do with our life. Rarely do we ever know exactly what our “dream” is and the exact steps to take. As we’ve discussed in the last couple of articles, we are all on this journey of […]

The Biggest Clue in the Search for Identity

6 Oct, 2015 in business / kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

The Power of Discovering your True Identity. Often times it seems we easily define ourselves based on our life experience. Our choices lead us down certain roads and not down others, and over the course of time our experiences shape how we view the world. So, with that in mind […]

“Who are You?” vs. “Who Have You Become”?

30 Sep, 2015 in kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

“What name does God call you?” August 12, 2014 is not a date I’ll soon forget. It was the first time that someone asked me the question, “What name does God call you?” To say that I thought the question was a little odd would be under-selling my sentiment at […]

What’s My Name?

22 Sep, 2015 in business / kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

Why doing your best and being the best are not the same thing. “Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.” – Daniel 6:3 What does it mean to […]

How to Stand before Kings – Cultivating the Spirit of ...

16 Sep, 2015 in kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

How to Respond to Heartache What do we make of pain? Why does it exist? These are hard questions. We all experience pain in our lives. Sometimes it is physical like when we break an arm or get sick. Sometimes it is internal like when we lose a loved […]

“What do we do with Pain?”

8 Sep, 2015 in kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

The Kingdom of God is constantly expanding…does that mean into social media as well? The world is more connected now than it has ever been. There are 7.2 billion people on the planet. 3 billion of those are active internet users, and 2 billion of those have active social media […]

Social Networks and the Kingdom of God

3 Sep, 2015 in business / kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

Partnering with the next generation [The following is an excerpt from SEEC Magazine, Volume 19, Issue 4, August/September 2015, taken from the Article, “Time for Issachar”, by Marty Gabler.] –Secure A Generation In 2008 we passed through a portal in time. There will not be any “going back to the […]

How to Build a Promising Future…with the Future

25 Aug, 2015 in kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

And How to Recognize it When it Comes Opportunity. What is it, really? What does it actually look like? How can we learn to recognize it? These are the questions I began to ask myself after our interview with Miche Traina. He was offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and could […]

The Anatomy of Opportunity

19 Aug, 2015 in business / kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

The first time I met Tim Barton was in 2005 when I visited a church where he worked as a youth pastor in Aledo, TX. I did this mostly on a whim, but also because I had been advised to meet Tim by a mutual acquaintance. Upon meeting him, Tim […]

Greasy Burgers and Wooden Teeth: The Night I Read ...

12 Aug, 2015 in kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

Discovering your “Passion” starts with one small “Yes” Maybe you can’t fully define it yet, but you might agree that we all have a “passion”. It’s a buzzword for sure, but it still resonates with each of us. We’ve heard it our whole lives, “Find your passion.” “Go after your […]

The One Small Word that will Transform your Life

4 Aug, 2015 in kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

Luke Redus did not feel a calling, as we might say, to serve the homeless. He did not want to start a “ministry”. What he did feel, however, was a caring. All he knew was that he cared about the homeless and just wanted to help. So he started with […]

Changing your City with Breakfast Tacos.

29 Jul, 2015 in kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

The Two Roads we Take: Or How to find your Calling [This article was inspired by my friend, Jon Sheptock. Jon was born with no arms, a short right leg, and a bleak outlook on what his life would be like. When he was born, his parents were told […]

The Two Roads we Take: Or How to find your ...

22 Jul, 2015 in kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

“…. We were welding maintenance on a rig and had been working for almost 120 hours straight, when I looked over and saw one of the young men that worked for me, and he was asleep in the truck. I couldn’t blame him, heck we were all tired, but we […]

You Can Sleep When You’re Dead

15 Jul, 2015 in business / kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

The Secret to Discovering your Destiny And why It’s OK if you don’t know what it looks like We don’t always realize what “destiny” looks like, and frankly, it almost always looks different than we imagine. Joe Bogue, like many of us, might have had some sense of where […]

The Secret to Discovering your Destiny

8 Jul, 2015 in kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

(un)common legacy is a multi-generational community who believes that seemingly common people are constantly building uncommon legacies. Our goal is to help close a communication gap that exists between generations by creating opportunities for people to share their life stories, advice, successes, failures and dreams. There are so many incredible […]

What is (un)common legacy?

30 Jun, 2015 in uncommon by uncommon

Orphans in Suits Is God with You at Work? Work. We all do it. (Most of us, anyway) It’s a major part of our lives. We spend half (or more) of our waking hours during the week doing it. Its purpose? To make a living. Provide an income. If […]

Orphans in Suits

30 Jun, 2015 in business / kingdom by uncommon

Porn, Jesus and the Future: The capturing of the imagination is the key to the future. Donald Rumsfeld once said that the attack on Pearl Harbor was the result of a lack of imagination, and the inability to prevent such attacks, as the twin towers are the result of […]

Porn, Jesus, and the Future

30 Jun, 2015 in kingdom / uncommon by uncommon

Multi-Level Mentoring: How the Pursuit of Guilt Free Starbucks opened the Door to a much Bigger Dream Ever since Emily was young, she had a dream to travel, speak and empower women. She wanted to lead and mentor them in some capacity, but she wasn’t quite sure what that […]

Multi-Level Mentoring

30 Jun, 2015 in business / kingdom by uncommon