Lessons From the Milk Crate

Not everything from one season is meant to follow you into the next.

Some things were meant to teach you.
Some things were meant to strengthen you.
And some things were meant to stay buried.

This week’s Returning To The Milk Crate devotional is about learning the difference: https://bit.ly/4fJTbjQ

Every leader inherits two things:

Lessons to carry. And lessons to bury.

Wisdom should travel. Wounds should heal.

As part of a five-week series on , this week's reflection explores one of leadership's most difficult responsibilities: deciding which legacies deserve continuation-and which ones should finally end with us.

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Some of the most important lessons in leadership don’t come from boardrooms, bestselling books, or perfectly curated success stories.

They come from humble beginnings. Hard seasons. Everyday moments that force us to grow before we feel ready.

That’s what Lessons from the Milk Crate is all about.

It’s a space for leadership reflections rooted in real moments, humble beginnings, and the everyday courage it takes to grow - one lesson from the milk crate at a time.

If you’ve ever found yourself leading while still learning…building while still healing…or growing while carrying the weight of responsibility for others, this is for you.

Each post offers honest reflections on leadership, resilience, purpose, and the quiet lessons life teaches us when we’re paying attention.

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One lesson. One reflection. One crate at a time.

We spend so much of the year asking, "What's next?"

Maybe this season is inviting a different question: "What has God been trying to show me all along?"

This week's Returning To The Milk Crate reflection is about stillness, renewal, and trusting God when the pace finally slows.

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Most people will never see the sacrifices that shaped the leaders they admire. The early mornings. The late nights. The missed opportunities. The quiet decisions to keep showing up when nobody would have blamed them for stopping.

Join us on the milk crate this week for Week 3 of "The Legacy You Leave Behind: Lessons from the Leaders Who Never Needed the Spotlight" at https://bit.ly/4fuEm4y

Some seasons end quietly.

No applause. No dramatic finish line. Just the slow realization that God carried you farther than you thought He would.

This week’s Returning To The Milk Crate devotional is for every educator looking back on the year and wondering if the work mattered.

It did.

Return to the milk crate for this week's devotional here: https://bit.ly/43J49hX

Most of us will never have a building named after us. But someone may lead better, love deeper, or believe in themselves longer because we were there.

That is legacy.

Join us on the milk crate this week for Week 2 of "The Legacy You Leave Behind: Lessons from the Leaders Who Never Needed the Spotlight" at https://bit.ly/43Cst5b

Some of the seeds we planted this year, we may never fully see grow.

But faithfulness still matters.

This week’s Returning To The Milk Crate devotional is for the educators carrying the quiet weight of wondering if the work made a difference.

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