5 Entrepreneurial & Missions Minded Organizations You Should Know
When I find organizations that have a benevolent brand and missional mind I get excited. These are five organizations that I love, trust and support. Check em’ out.
When I find organizations that have a benevolent brand and missional mind I get excited. These are five organizations that I love, trust and support. Check em’ out.
This article is an excerpt of a talk about our “Remarkable Culture.” This talk was given six times in Fort Lauderdale, Florida several months ago to a gathering of pastors who lead Willow Creek Global Summit partner churches. Some of my very earliest memories have to do with carrots. I can remember clearly coming home from elementary […]
Many people I know are trying to discern where God is calling them to love, lead, live and serve in the future. When I talk to leaders young and old it is not uncommon to hear the refrain … I’m just not sure where God is calling me to lead. I wish I knew where […]
Photo courtesy of @MaryBairy I want you to imagine you are having coffee with a friend, neighbor, co-worker, classmate or family member. You are talking about all kinds of very normal, everyday things. If you are a student you are talking about your favorite teacher, your new job, shopping or going to college. If you […]
As my son Cole heads to high school today, I have been wrestling with how I have prepared him for this new season of life. Have I done enough? I know for a young man there may be no greater challenge these days than navigating the high school experience. This is the season of life where […]
The Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit took place the past few days on August 6th & 7th, 2015. I have set aside this weekend to marinate on these leadership quotes & principles. My prayer is that as you seek to live and lead curiously, these leadership axioms will also add value to your life. Here […]
Boxing gloves image available here. I wanted to begin this article by saying, “No one likes confrontation.” But I have found that is, unfortunately, not true. There are some who love confrontation, and if there is not currently a crisis in their life, they will create one so they can confront it! So it would […]
Over the course of the last two decades, I have been blessed to be around some phenomenal leaders and some very phony leaders. In an effort to avoid becoming a phony leader, I have kept a list of terrible leadership characteristics on my Evernote. Here are five ways I have learned that leaders can destroy their leadership equity and […]
What if you decided to give the same amount of creativity to your family as you do to your job? How awesome would your family be? From a decade of experience as a youth pastor and a decade of experience as a lead pastor, I have seen far too many families who give their […]
For much of my early ministry life, I was being told, you are going to be the “next” rather than the “first.” I believe this all started when I was at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky. I was an up and coming youth pastor, and it was natural and meant to be a compliment […]
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