Leading From The Middle

Leading From The Middle
Takeaways from John Maxwells Book 360 Leader  
John Say’s “In all my years of leadership teaching and consulting, I have never observed an organization with too many leaders.” Organizations can never have enough! However, most companies narrow their vision to a limited number of leadership positions, and when hiring leaders, they think [...]

Wal-Mart and the Church

Wal-Mart and the Church.
 
I have come to believe that the greatest task for a pastor/leader is to discern the culture in which he serves. I also have come to believe that this is a process that takes from 5-7 years to develop.
 
Many in Christianity have concluded that the church should represent the culture of [...]

Islands in the stream

I believe that the commitments we make to God are like Islands in the stream. When we commit our live to him that becomes and island to us. When promise to be faithful in attendance that to becomes an island. When we promise to pray each day and that becomes another island. When we promise [...]

Leaderhip 101

Leadership 101   
Here are some great lessons that I have learned in growing a church. A. Beware of pitfalls. 1. The lie of perfection. Many people in leadership are perfectionist. By their nature a leader has a tendency to be a perfectionist. The problem with perfection is that it is an impossible standard to keep. The [...]