On Tuesday I wrote about the importance of shared definitions. (Click here if you missed it. So, what’s the benefit of a shared definition? I played basketball in high school. One year our coach drew up a play we called “Oklahoma”, and the play would end in a lob pass …
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Defining Small Town & Leadership
One of the things that fascinates me is listening to people talk about small towns. In Texas, we have our fair share of small towns. But here’s the tricky thing: not everyone shares the definition of a “small town.” Don’t believe me, try it. If I were to walk up …
Red Pill or Blue Pill?
Have you ever seen The Matrix? You know, the Keanu Reeves movies from the late 90s and early 2000s where the world as we know it is all a computer program. Over the course of the movie Neo (Reeves) discovers he’s been living a lie. Everything he thinks is real …
The Difficulty of Leadership
Ministry is difficult. One of the challenging parts of ministry is how to cope with the reality that our spiritual lives and our relationships are often intertwined. As a minister, I’ll be the first to admit that sometimes when someone pushes away from church, I take it personally. I view …
3 Core Leadership Traits
Today I’m going to play off of Tuesday’s Check it Out that linked to this post. I’ve written before that I spend a lot of time thinking through things. As I’ve started at a new church and am building new relationships, I find myself thinking about those new relationships a …