It’s time again for me to highlight some of my favorite tweets from the week (March 25-30). Keep those tweets coming!
BrandonMaddux says: RT If you believe children’s ministry is a calling, not a stepping stone. Continue reading
Meetings are part of life for any leader or executive. I spend a lot of my life in meetings. Consequently, I am seriously committed to making them productive. Here are some things I’ve learned you have to do to make the most of meetings.
1. Cut your meetings in half. Thanks to the advice of my friend, Jim Wideman, I recently stopped meeting with the same people every week. I moved my every-week meetings to every-other week. I’ve found that in every-week meetings, more normally gets said than done. Moving those every-week meetings to every-other week has led to much more productive meetings. Continue reading
My friend Roger Fields recently wrote a book called Jumping the Track. He sent me the manuscript early on and I wrote a few sentences about the book which he graciously printed on the back cover. I finally saw the finished product at CPC and bought a stack of them to share with our staff and some friends. I’m about 2 months late, but here’s my 60-second review.
Jumping the Track is a book that every growing leader should read. It will inspire you to dream big and act when God tells you to move. Continue reading
It’s time again for me to highlight some of my favorite tweets from the week (March 18-23). Keep those tweets coming!
jeffwhooper says: To find the temperature of a ministry, put the thermometer in the mouth of its leader. Continue reading
Tomorrow morning I will be going with 10 men from my church to spend the night on death row. We are heading to the Louisiana State Penitentiary, the nation’s largest maximum security prison. Why are we going? To attend the Turn Assembly. I was there last year and it really made a deep impact. I’ll share a full report when I return. Thanks for your prayers!
Last Wednesday, we held our first reVITAlize event at KidzMatter. Here’s a short video where I talk about how things went.
It’s time again for me to highlight some of my favorite tweets from the week (March 11-16). Keep those tweets coming!
jamie_doyle says: Children’s Ministries is the largest mission field – are you staying current with their culture? Continue reading
I’m sitting on a plane heading home from Oklahoma City. It’s going to be a long day, and I’m starting to feel it in my eyes. The alarm went off at 4 am this morning, and I’ll pull in my driveway after midnight tonight. I don’t like not seeing Beth and the girls all day. While it might have been “easier” to overnight somewhere, I absolutely hate being away from home and try to do whatever it takes to sleep in my own bed at night!
The purpose of the trip? To visit my friends at Hobby Lobby. Hobby Lobby has been around for about 40 years, and there’s a good chance you have one close to you. One trip to their gigantic office, warehouse and distribution center (a combined total of nearly 5 million square feet), and you realize that they’re doing something right. The place is so big, it’s easy to spot from an airplane when you land and take off. Continue reading
What makes a leader? If I was going to throw some words out they would include: Courage. Hard work. Relationships. Sacrifice. Empathy. Self control. Vision. Responsibility. Confidence. Passion. Integrity. Excellence. Service. Commitment. Discernment. Love. Vulnerability. (I’m stopping, but the list could go on and on.)
What doesn’t make a leader? Good looks. A title. A position. A blog. A book with your name on the cover. A degree. Money. (All of this stuff is fine and can enhance your leadership, but they don’t make you a leader.) Continue reading
We’re back! After a hiatus, it’s time again for me to highlight some of my favorite tweets from the week (March 4-9). Keep those tweets coming!
mzellous says: Today is a day of rest for me. Probably good, since I’m teaching about the Sabbath this weekend! Continue reading