Today I was struck by a couple of unique perspectives… The first was a volunteer who was serving his heart out at Cross Point. Each week he arrives early and stays all day to serve. He has no greater joy than getting to spend his day serving. The second was an email from a young […]
It was a simple decision, but I just couldn’t make it. My assistant was picking up lunch for me because I had a string of back-to-back meetings in an already hectic week. A few minutes after she left, I got a call telling me that the restaurant was out of what I had ordered. It […]
Be wholeheartedly somewhere rather than halfheartedly everywhere. I feel extraordinarily fragmented right now. I live between two houses. One of is for sale and the other I’m remodeling to move into. I don’t have an office so I office in many different places but none of them feel like “my space”. And on Sundays I […]
Leaders live in tension. Constant tension. I call it the shades of grey. A tension that is very real for me is the tension of planning for the future and being present in the today. As leaders we’re wired to look ahead, to dream, to plan, to strategize, but oftentimes all of our dreaming and […]
I don’t know how things are where you serve, but on any given Sunday at Cross Point things go wrong. GASP! Yes, it’s true. In fact, a lot of things can go wrong… maybe not all of them are wrong per se but they certainly don’t always go the way we’ve planned. It could be […]
I don’t know how things are where you serve, but on any given Sunday at Cross Point things go wrong. GASP! Yes, it’s true. In fact, a lot of things can go wrong… maybe not all of them are wrong per se but they certainly don’t always go the way we’ve planned. It could be […]
After two amazing days in Chicago at the Global Leadership Summit I came racing back to a very full and exciting weekend here at Cross Point. Not only was Pete back from his study break but we kicked off our new series “Together We Will.” As is usual fashion for us in August, we spend […]
John Dickson Director, Centre for Public Christianity Sr. Minister, St. Andrews Anglican Church Sydney, Australia Are prestigious titles and powerful positions prerequisites for impactful leadership? “You don’t need structural authority to be a leader of influence,” according to historian and social commentator John Dickson. “The leader’s strongest tool is humility,” he says. “It intensifies credibility.” […]
Mama Maggie Gobran Founder and CEO, Stephens Children Ministry Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Mama Maggie Gobran led a comfortable life in Cairo. A Coptic Christian from a prominent Egyptian family, she taught computer science and lectured at Cairo University. But following a conviction from God, she started a ministry to serve the poor in her […]
Steven Furtick Lead Pastor, Elevation Church Charlotte, North Carolina At 31, Steven Furtick is living proof that youth is not a barrier for God. Five years ago, Furtick recruited a team of friends and planted Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Today, Elevation is one of the fastest-growing churches in America, with more than 8,000 […]
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