My last post was about the importance of Making a Good Throw. Essentially, the point was that the only good throw is one that the person you are throwing to can catch. As leaders, pastors, parents…we often “throw” a vision, a directive, or an idea to our team or kids in a way that cannot be caught,…
Being the Dad of two boys, I’ve played a lot of “catch” with my sons. Both of them have very strong arms. My younger son excels at throwing a baseball, while my older son excels at throwing a football (though he throws awkwardly, like Phillip Rivers of the Chargers). Now-a-days it’s a lot of fun…
I had the privilege of keynoting the Kidmin track at the CMTA Convention this past weekend. We had a couple of great sessions & I was honored to connect with some wonderful Kidmin leaders after each session. There’s not too many things I love doing more than equipping leaders and learning from them. I got an…
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how we reconcile two seemingly opposite realities in ministry. 1. Big Hairy Audacious Goals The term was popularized by Jim Collins & Jerry Porras in their book Built To Last. In a nutshell, it means defining a crazy big goal! You can see some examples that various companies have…
I’m excited about two new books coming out by Reggie Joiner. The first is called Parenting Beyond Your Capacity: Connect Your Family to a Wider Communtiy. Andy Stanley endorses it with this quote on the back cover: Parenting Beyond Your Capacity provides us with a practical and revolutionary approach to the responsibility most of us…
A concept that has stuck with me for years is the image of change in your pocket. John Maxwell used to tell us to make sure we collected change for our pockets because there was going to be times as a leader when we needed to give some of it back. What he meant was,…
Quitting…is not an option. per·se·ver·ance ~ noun steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., esp. in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement . We all want to quit sometimes. Discouragement can be daunting. Hurt. Disappointment. Fear. And a number of other emotions can bring us to our knees. We want…
