Along my leadership journey, I have realized I am a thinker. I love pondering. I love dreaming up new ways to do things. I am not, however, able to efficiently communicate all that I dream up. And in that tension, I face a few problems–specifically, the inability of those around …
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Redefining Leadership Potential
So much of my experience in developing leaders comes from working with teenagers. Over the past two years, as I have talked with other youth workers, I have started to notice a common thread in a few of our conversations: The necessity for a student to show a readiness to …
Lessons from the Farm: Teaching on the Go
I’ve been going through a theme for the first time. I’m calling these posts “Lessons from the Farm”. You can read the first post here. Just a little background: I grew up working on my Dad’s farm. As I’ve grown older and spent more time away, there are few leadership …
Lessons from the Farm: Training With A Purpose
So, I decided to do a theme for the first time. I’m going to call these next few posts “Lessons from the Farm”. You can read the first post here. Just a little background: I grew up working on my Dad’s farm. As I’ve grown older and spent more time …
Lessons from the Farm: Perspective
From 2009 to 2012 I worked for my dad farming and ranching. I was bivocational, farming most of the week and serving a church the rest. Then, in 2012 I moved my family to Bronte where we have been serving ever since. I remember early on, after coming back to …