Tweet I recently posted about the things I miss from church planting serving in an established church. Church planting can be daunting, but the rewards from seeing people far from…
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Tweet I only had four church experiences in vocational ministry. I served twice in traditional churches where God allowed us to bring a renewed energy and growth go established churches….
Tweet I entered ministry after a long career in the business world. I had significant life and leadership experience, but honestly, some of it was learned through tremendously painful experiences….
Tweet As a pastor, the larger the church grew the greater the tension I have felt between being available and being accessible. That has been equally true every time God…
Let’s face it…going to the gym can be brutal on the ego…
Recently Cheryl and I moved downtown. It was an intentional life change (You can read about it HERE.) Part of that move involved changing gyms. I now workout on the campus of our local university, Austin Peay State University. I love the facility. I’m a huge supporter of our local school. Cheryl and I graduated from there, but there’s only one problem with my new workout location.
Most of the people in the gym don’t look like they need to be there…
They are young, lean, fit, strong, beautiful college-aged gym people…
More so than my last gym where lots of people looked like me. 🙂
Recently as I was sweating like the oldies it got me thinking…
I recently posted on the need for leaders to delegate and some steps to doing so. (Read those posts HERE and HERE) Following this post, I asked a supposed leader in an organization for a decision from his organization. It appeared to be a minor decision. It certainly would be in our organization. I have held leadership positions in larger organizations, and it would have been a minor decision in either of those places. This leader, however, had to pass the decision up a chain of command. We eventually received a yes answer, but it took a great deal of time through several layers of people to get there. By the time we got the answer, I didn’t need it anymore. (True story.)
Tweet I have been involved in church planting for most of my ministry career – whether as a planter or as a supporter of planting. I love the process of…
Tweet I love working with young leaders. I have to say it’s one of my favorite parts of leading. I have two incredible young leaders as sons. (The picture with…
Tweet When I’m talking to a pastor or other leader who has accepted a new position or is in a time of transition – after I hear the excitement in…
Tweet I was once asked to speak to a local youth leadership program on — well, it makes sense — leadership. That is what they were attempting to learn. I’ve…