When someone leaves a church to go somewhere else, they are almost never leaving solely because of the reason they give on the way out the door. They are leaving for a cluster of reasons. They’ve been disappointed a number of times with the direction of the church. Their core beliefs have been dinged up […]

Here are some notes I took on Bill Hybel’s talk on Inspirational Leadership at the Leadership Summit last week. I really liked this talk and needed to hear it. Inspirational Leadership: As a leader, it is your job to keep yourself motivated. How to stay motivated:1. Stay crystal clear about our calling from God.2. Leverage […]

I’ve been at a satellite gathering for the Leadership Summit. It’s only about 20 minutes from my house. Hybels was good. The interview with Fiorina was very interesting. I had trouble staying with Flake. Buckingham was awesome.

It’s been about six months since the Leadership Journal article that Greg and I wrote was published. If you haven’t read it yet, you might want to read it and then check out these follow-up posts to it. Anti-Megachurch?New Sign Coming One of the things the article did was let a bunch of people in […]

There are many keys to being an effective leader.  Just ask John Maxwell. One that I’ve been thinking a lot about lately is one that I don’t hear talked about much at leadership conferences. In order to be an effective leader you have to be able to tolerate pain.  Your own pain as well as […]

I’ve recently had a couple of playful conversations with some friends who want to know exactly when I became anti-megachurch. I’ve also gotten a couple of emails from folks saying in essence, “Yeah, we think megachurches suck too!” This is all in response to the article entitled “We Can’t Do Megachurch Anymore.” Here’s the deal […]

I’ve never missed an episode of “24.” From the very first season, I’ve been a fan of Jack Bauer. After the gut-wrenching four hour premiere earlier this week I’ve been meditating on exactly what it is that makes Jack Bauer so compelling to me and to so many of my friends. Especially surprising to me […]