Well, my book is finally released. I’ll be sharing this with our church this weekend. I am really excited about this. This book took months to write and the process of editing, design, and proofing takes forever! But it’s all worth it becasue it’s finally out. The book is a walk through the life of John the baptist. The premise of the book is that John was a revolutionary person and he had elements that made him the great man ever (Matt. 11). So if we can discover these elements and implement them into our lives, then we could live … Read More
Leaving Rain-lanta
I don’t know what the deal is. While I am a huge Atlanta fan, I can’t wait to go home Saturday morning. It has rained ALL DAY for the last 3 days. If you aren’t aware, I hate rain. That’s why I love Miami. It rains everyday, but only for 45 minutes. So I can usually get involved in something for that long and before I know it, it’s over. I haven’t seen the sun since Tuesday. This is really messing with me…B-O-B phone home…
Catalyst Session 6
Bill Hybels shared his journey and Willow’s story over the years. It was great. I appreciated his honesty in sharing how there were times when he wanted to quit. He challenged us to step out and do what God is calling us to. He spoke of how whenever we step out and follow the Holy Spirit, God always meets us. I love Bill’s passion and commitment to reach lost people.
Catalyst – Session 5
Erwin McManus kicked things off today with an amazing message out of John 9. Erwin challenged us to not just be better leaders, but to make sure we are moving in the right direction. I loved one phrase in particular: “I don’t try to teach the Bible on Sunday. I try to share my life with God using the Scriptures.” He proposed 5 key words that should describe the church: #1 – Uniqueness – Jesus didn’t save us to clone us. #2 – Creativity – We have to move from a visionary community to a visional community. #3 – Diversity … Read More
Catalyst Session 4
john Maxwell spoke to us as the elder statesman that he is about the stages of a leaders life and what are the characteristics of a person that God uses. Here they are: #1 – They have Passion #2 – They develop a team #3 – They have a niche #4 – The understand the times John spoke to us from the perspective of a person that is in the latter years and is challenging us youngsters to make the wise choice because we will spend the rest of our lives managing the decisions we make at this stage of … Read More
Catalyst Session 3
Donald Miller rocked the house. He spoke about 13 paradigms that the church needs to understand if it is going to reach the world. It was basic stuff, but it was profound. By the way, he only gave us 3 of the 13. But here they are: #1 – Other people exist #2 – Nobody will listen you unless they know you like them #3 – People want to know if they are lovable He was hilarious. He challenged me to look around and see that there are hurting people are around. Too many times we are looking for people … Read More
Catalyst Session 2
Louie Giglio dropped a bomb on us right before lunch about what a real worshipper is. He contrasted a consumer worshipper with a “consumee” worshipper. This session is why I came here. God met me here in a huge way. I was challenged to answer the question of, “Am I really living?” Apart from church world and leadership, am I living the life of a worshipper? Huge stuff to consider and pray through…
Catalyst – Session 1
So far, Catalyst has been a life changing experience. Andy Stanley kicked things off with a powerful talk about a leader’s integrity and how everything that might look like God isn’t necessarily God. His thrust was how as leaders we are tempted to compromise our integrity for the sake of progress. 1 Samuel 24 was his text. Great stuff. I’ll update more later…
Who’s your “Customer”?
Brandy Autopsy has an amazing series of posts about Starbucks tribal Knowledge, but this one really got me thinking. They posted the organizational chart that you see posted here on the left. In the business world recognizing your customer is very easy. But in church world, who’s the "customer"? Many will say, "Those that attend your church!" I disagree. The "Employee" box is everyone that calls your church home (Pastors, staff, volunteers) and our role is to reach those that don’t yet know Christ (our "customer"). The moment church leaders begin to see our primary "Customer" as church members we … Read More
Attention all Staff Members!
My wife Carey has a great post on her blog about being on staff at a church. This is a must read for everyone who works at a church or aspires to. Read it here.
