Los posted a blog yesterday putting the call out to find women in church leadership. Go HERE and make yourselves known ladies and start connecting with the other women on that list!
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Ok, so maybe our ship doesn’t look exactly like this but the Cross Point staff is setting sail today on our staff trip. We are going to spend some time away from the office enjoying the outdoors and some quality relaxed time together. No, we can’t really afford to take the time away from the […]
I read this post over at Gifted for Leadership and it reminded of a journal entry I made after watching Mary Poppins with my sister over the holidays. (FYI – Jes and I loved Mary Poppins as a kid so she bought me the 40th anniversary edition a couple of years ago.) I’m kind of […]
Great leaders create great problems. If you’re not willing to create problems; you’re not willing to lead. Leaders create problems by changing expectations. Many churches that have been stagnant for years do not consider themselves to have any real problems. Only when a leader begins to call them out of the status quo does it […]
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“The local church should be the best organization to work for in the city. It should be the best run organization because we have a product that we believe will change people’s lives forever.” Andy Stanley made these statements at the Drive Conference this week and I wanted to spring off my chair and shout […]
Some quotes from today to get you thinking… Session 2: Becoming a Great Staff – Andy Stanley “The further up the organizational ladder you climb, the more you must serve.” “Great leaders don’t set their sites on leaders they want to emulate, they set their sites on serving people.” “If you have to require loyalty, […]
I’m in Atlanta for the next couple of days for the Drive Conference at North Point Community Church. Things got off to a great start tonight. Andy Stanley spoke about trusting and being trustworthy, especially as it relates to church staff teams. Really great stuff – more about that later… The highlight of the night […]
If your boss has a blog you should read it! If your employee has a blog you should read it! If someone you love has a blog you should read it! You could learn a lot… what’s important to them, what energizes them, what concerns them, etc. Whose blog should you be reading that you’re […]
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I read a great article today by Nancy Ortberg about how to avoid the 5 most common dysfunctions of a ministry team. She takes the principles from Patrick Lencioni‘s book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and applies them to ministry work. It’s a great, practical read for church leaders. You can read the entire […]
A little over a week ago I had the privilege to be a guest blogger at WithoutWax and I raised the discussion about women serving in the church and whether our roles of service should be determined on gender or on giftedness. This has been a “hot button” in the church and for good reason […]