I had the privilege of writing an article for Dan Reiland’s The Pastor’s Coach eNewsletter that went out yesterday. Dan is the “executive pastor’s of executive pastor’s”. He served as Executive Pastor at Skyline Church under the leadership of John Maxwell when I was there as Children’s Pastor – in fact, he hired me into…
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,…
Time is priceless because it can never be replaced, recovered or revoked. John Maxwell used to tell us as a staff “You can tell a person’s priorities by looking at their checkbook and their calendar.” How we spend what most would consider our top resources – our money & our time – tells a lot…
John Maxwell gave me this plaque when I came on staff under him at Skyline Church. “I don’t have to survive”. I didn’t know what the heck that meant but, honestly, it kind of scared me! It doesn’t sound good does it? It especially didn’t sound good to a young, inexperienced kid just getting started…
