Lost in Faith

On my last trip to Africa I spent the afternoon with Floyd McClung. We spent the entire time talking about leadership reproduction, how necessary and how difficult it is. Floyd is in his late 60′s and he said this is my last lap around the track and I want to leave 20 people who are [...]

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I’ve always loved playing with words. They are important because they convey not just meaning but the value attached to meaning. If I were to say, next Tuesday we start group leader training I might convey that we are teaching techniques related to a form-group. I am not into forms or techniques, they are time [...]

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1. What is the biggest leadership lesson you’ve learned over the past year? Information isn’t like a virus, it sits and doesn’t spread. Just because I cast vision for the mission or its components last year doesn’t mean I don’t have to do it again this year. Even though it is hard to say the [...]

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I’m still hard at figuring out the back half of the Great Commission Matthew 28:19-20. The front half being, Go therefore and make disciples, the back half being teaching them all things that I’ve commanded you. There is organic feel to this command. Breaking it into a front and back is inordinately artificial. Even the [...]

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Last night I spoke to our group leaders and challenged them to be “Spiritual Parents” to those they are influencing. I Thessalonias 2:1-13 was my main text but I stole some thoughts from Will Willimon formerly chaplain at Duke University. His thoughts on “Leadership” and Jeremiah are priceless so I have reproduced them below. 8/26/2001 [...]

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Missional Misgivings Small, indigenous churches are getting lots of attention, but where’s the fruit? click here

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Dr. Larry Crabb speaking on how you engage life. Do you engage Life as a Chess Player or Poet? Larry Crabb’s website is www.newwayministries.org.

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I’ve always been a reader of business books.  Here’s a cornicopia of business theories!http://www.valuebasedmanagement.net/

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What is the purpose of Tues/Thurs, First Friday, and Coaching meetings? Are they a leader’s group? A leader’s community? The answer to both is yes. It is a place where leaders are challenged on a weekly basis thru systematic exposure to Biblical truth in an atmosphere of authenticity and grace. Where they are personally attended [...]

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