The Wind Hates Me
I have a tree in my front yard that fiercely holds on to its leaves. I don’t know if it is trying to prove something, or wants to win some sort of tree competition, but EVERY SINGLE YEAR the leaves wait so long to come down.
5 Takeaways From my Conversation with Carey Nieuwhof
Several weeks ago, I found out that I won a contest to have a private conversation with Carey Nieuwhof. The conversation was set to take place at ReThink Leadership, and in addition to the conversation, he paid for my ticket to the conference! It was an awesome conference, and if you want to read some of my reflections on ReThink I invite you to check these blogs.
Day 2 of ReThink Leadership: The Church Doesn’t Need You to Be a Savior (Blog 2 of 3)
After finishing up day two of the ReThink Leadership conference there is one sentence that keeps ringing over and over again in my head:
The church doesn’t need you to be a savior, it already has one.
May seem simple to say, but in honest reflection, it is much harder to live out. Here’s why; if you are leading a church then it is likely you care so much about the Kingdom of God you are willing to do anything to see it expand.
I WON A CONTEST and I’m Rethinking Leadership (Blog 1 of 3)
I am yet again at ReThink Leadership conference held in Atlanta, GA. This is the second year in a row that I’ve attended the conference and at the end of day one found it to be an enjoyable experience.
What I love most about this conference compared to others is how niche the conference is: It is a conference for senior leaders. So, the moment you walk into the room everyone speaks the same basic language. I also really appreciate the connections and accessibility to other leaders.
What Needs to Be Said?
In our last blog we talked about the idea of when to inform the masses. (You can read about it here). In that blog, we didn’t let our kids know that there was a tornado warning till the next morning after the entire event was over. Interestingly enough, when I did tell them their response was, “So what?” The entire incident led me to a place of wondering: When should we be informing the masses, and when should we be waiting?
Healthy Things Grow
My wife recently sent me this picture of my oldest son. The string represents his height at the beginning of the school year. Needless to say, he has grown three and half inches in nine months!
The Best Leaders Aren’t Heroes
I’ll never forget my first day of Basic Training. I reported to 1/34 Infantry Battalion for nine weeks of formation. One of the tools that the Army uses to bring the unit together is to create a battalion slogan. Our slogan was, “Always forward.” Every time we saluted, came to attention, and stood as a unit, we would say that slogan. Every. Single. Time.
Busy is Not a Leadership Style
I am a self-confessed FOMO (fear of missing out). I like to keep my schedule extremely full. And, to top it all off, I have a little A.D.D. (self-diagnosed). When you put all that together it means that I am busy all the time. Don’t feel bad for me, I do it to myself – on purpose. I love being busy, moving a thousand miles a minute, I love being able to know what’s my next move.
The DNA of a Thriving Leader: Three Observations from ReThink Leadership
As I wrote about in an earlier blog I recently attended the ReThink Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference continues to give me lots of things to think about, and at the same time has refilled my tank so that I can continue to pursue God’s calling in my life.
ReThink Leadership and the Orange Conference: Ten Things I Learned.
The ReThink Leadership conference is a brand new event that is intended to focus on developing the senior leaders of the local church. It is a partner conference to the Orange Conference, and for three days I saw, I listened, and I learned.
Below are my top ten reflections, in no particular order: