Leaders, it’s your job to help people believe… to believe in themselves to believe in the mission, vision or cause to believe in hope to believe that love still wins to believe that change is possible to believe the best is still to come What do you need to help someone else believe?
I have the propensity to be perceived as… calculated controlling having it all together on top of it all But honestly, most days I feel like I’m in over my head. I desire be on top of it all… having it all together. That’s comfortable. I feel like I have control. About the time I […]
My staff. My ministry. Our team. Our people. These are some of the phrases that scare me the most as a ministry leader. I went through an emotionally unhealthy season (one of many) a few years back where I began to take credit for some of the great things that were happening at Cross […]
My staff. My ministry. Our team. Our people. These are some of the phrases that scare me the most as a ministry leader. I went through an emotionally unhealthy season (one of many) a few years back where I began to take credit for some of the great things that were happening at Cross […]
“If you deplete your resources, run yourself to exhaustion, and then get caught at the wrong moment by an external shock, you can be in serious trouble.” That’s a wake-up call from Jim Collin’s new book Great by Choice. Our executive team is reading this book together and as usual, we’re devouring every concept Collins […]
Cross Point is blessed to have some pretty amazing leaders a part of our community. Our most recent additions are Matt & Sarah Hasselbeck. As quarterback for the Titans, Matt sits in a place of influence that he doesn’t take lightly. This Sunday (Nov 27) we’ll be sharing Pete‘s interview with Matt in our services […]
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done a Sunday Lessons post.. sorry about that. We wrapped up the Better Days series at Cross Point today with a message on “Gratitude”… fitting of course for the week of Thanksgiving. Although it was the type of message that most of us will hear this week, Pete’s […]
I’ve been in Dallas yesterday and today with my team at Leadership Network. Chris, Kevin, Stephen & I are part of a Leadership Development Community where we are focusing on our leadership development plan for Cross Point. While I love the content and purpose of this trip, I love even more the intentional time with […]
Well friends, vacation is over and it was lovely! Thank you for listening to some different voices this week. I’m so grateful to everyone who submitted a guest post! Here’s our last guest post for this week from the sweet Bethany Turner. Bethany is one of the biggest comment-ers here on our blog so you’ve […]
Great perspective from another new friend… Being Last I moved my toes back and forth in my too-scuffed-to-be-professional-black-flats as her words came out, “Why do i feel like I’m the only one who deals with this/is a wreck/can’t get it right/wishes that things were different?” The room instantly erupted; none of us could hold it […]