I listened to the Leadership Network telesiminar with Larry Osborne on his new book Sticky Church. There were several helpful thoughts that came out of the time for me.
• Member retention is not so much about church growth as much as it is about having people stick around long enough to disciple them.
• For a [...]
Summary Notes from Axiom: Powerful Leadership Proverbs by Bill Hybels from my prolific friend John Cox.
Category 1: Vision and Strategy
1. Language Matters
- The very best leaders wrestle with words until they are able to communicate their big ideas in a way that captures the imagination, catalyzes action, and lifts spirits. They coin creeds [...]
It is working with ridiculously gifted and funny people like this that makes this place such a blast to work at. Last weekend at the Launch Retreat the young adults had a “Small town Saturday night” party. JP, Brandon, and Steve piled in a Suburban and came up with this promo - my favorite is [...]
Scott Miller our IT director and I were having a conversation yesterday about how in the world people do their jobs, love their families, walk with Jesus, and yet still have time to post on their blogs, twitter, and manager their facebook acounts. Since I can’t keep up some of my hightlights this last 30 [...]
