It’s Conflog time again. If you are not farmiliar with the concept, its a blog confession booth. Basically we air some dirty laundry.

I don’t always follow my own advice. For example, someone will ask me my opinion on say a relationship with conflict involved. I’ll then say something on the lines of being patient with the person, listen to what they are saying, don’t try and be right or get your own way. Try and solve the deeper issue of the problem.

But, I have such a hard time doing that myself. I love to be right. It’s right up there with birthday’s and chocolate.

You? Anything you need to confess?

What’s a conflog? It’s like climbing into the proverbial confession booth on a blog. It’s a confession booth blog. It’s a conflog. (John Candy on Spaceballs anyone?). This is a time to get real, share  issues, struggles or get something off your chest. I’ll start, you join in.

Here goes…

I love to read. In many genres. One of the reasons I read so much is to stay in the know and up-to-date on the latest in business, marketing, management and leadership. (or I just don’t want to be the only one who hasn’t read Seth Godin’s latest book or post). So, here’s the confession. Many times I will read those books with great anticipation than the Bible, thinking it’ll help me more and I wont get left behind. So, basically I put more hope in the thoughts of a human author than the creator of the universe.

I wonder how many pastors would admit that? Do you spend more time in the Word than reading Fast Company or Harvard Business Review? There’s nothing wrong with reading those magazines or any of the business books, unless we put more stock into them than the Word. It’s time for me to put more hope that God’s word can change me and make me a better leader than any NYT best-seller could.

You?