Did You Fill The Engine With Gratitude? Ministry cannot and should not happen without praise - it is supposed to be a form of worship in and of itself, an overflow of thanks and action in response to the love of Christ! So, if we are not praising…there may be a “check engine” light on [...]
Courage To Lead Listening to Lisa Bevere speak, you will hear her talk about purpose - maybe you were placed here to do something that has never been done before. And that could mean addressing poverty in a brand new way that hasn’t been tried yet. But, it could also mean leading your uniquely placed [...]
One of the big points we emphasize with our focus of leadership development is defining goals and then making a plan to work towards them so that we can be effective. So, the key in being effective starts with defining what effective would look like - what is the aim? This step, when skipped, can [...]
Where Should I Travel? I believe that 18 and fresh out of high school is not necessarily the time that you will know what you are doing rest of your life. There are questions all over... “Where are you going?” And, “What major?” And, “What are your plans next?” ...and they can be frustrating as [...]
Catchy Titles Trending Trendy titles and blogs pop up on social media for me saying things like “What Young Leaders Need to Know” and “Where To Find Tomorrow’s Church Planters”. Tweets on leaders being learners all over the likes and retweets of those that I follow and Catalyst conference continues to put out great content [...]
While some people may know exactly what college they want to go to and what to do with their life by senior year, I know I didn’t. What I did know is that there was a trend of when I felt most alive - it was week long trips to serve, afternoons with a group [...]
Who else is setting goals for 2018? No – not the ones for the gym! Those are great, but we’re talking about the ones with purpose and passion, the ones you aren’t backing down on and you’ve called your team in to tell about. One of our goals as we have looked on past seasons [...]
New Year We all hear about New Years and Resolutions with a tendency to tune out – they have lost their power by the time you are in your 20s, 30s, 40s, and beyond. We have seen the friends with the goals, we’ve maybe made them ourselves, and when nothing sticks the idea seems destined [...]
We’re in a fight for peace these days, aren’t we? I would argue that we always are and will be until Jesus brings us into our true “home sweet home”, but every corner has even the sweetest and hope filled shaking their heads and asking in conversation what in the world is up with the [...]
Exhausted Leader The days are whizzing by and it can feel like wheels are spinning constantly. I've thought it and I've heard it processed – the idea that the mission we come with feels so far. Especially for a leader, who quickly moves from being mobilized to being the mobilizer. What happened to those dust [...]
