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What Drives Leaders
Had a fascinating discussion in class around a few questions raised by Reggie McNeal: What drives the agendas of today’s church leaders? Is it the great commission? Is it other issues: pastoral...
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Saturday Night Mind Dump…
What a day It started at 5:30 am I did 3 leadership talks at a conference in Phoenix this morning and then came back to preach tonight Awesome night I love how God is moving and working in our church...
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Thought: Missional Church
“Mission is the result of God’s initiative, rooted in God’s purposes to restore and heal creation. “Mission” means “sending,” and it is the central biblical theme describing the purpose of God’s action...
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Saturday Night Mind Dump…
What a weekend Paul and his team did an awesome job pulling The Stations of the Cross off last night I am still amazed that we got Paul and Jennifer to come and join our team Really powerful Great way...
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Missional Renaissance: Changing the Scorecard for the Church
Paul and I just got done reading Reggie McNeal’s book Missional Renaissance. It was an interesting read. I definitely resonated with a lot of the book as the ideas he points out are many of the reasons...
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Top Posts of April ’09
In case you missed them, here are the posts that generated the most traffic last month: Saturday night mind dump… (4/4/09) John Piper on why we sin Questions Leaders Need to Ask Questions Leaders Need...
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Vintage Church: Timeless Truths & Timely Methods
Paul and I just finished reading through Mark Driscoll’s and Gerry Breshears book Vintage Church. It came at just the right time as we are thinking through and writing our partnership class (which is...
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Practicing Greatness: 7 Disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders
Over the weekend I read Reggie McNeal’s book Practicing Greatness. I had it on my shelf for years and for some reason Friday night Katie was out so I made some coffee, put on some music and started...
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The Addiction of Work (and Being Busy)
All of us have to work. It takes money to live. I often wonder though and reading Reggie McNeal’s book A Work of Heart got me thinking even more of the addiction of work. Maybe not so much the...
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A Work of Heart: How God Shapes Spiritual Leaders
I’ve been reading a lot about the inner life of leaders recently. It is great to have the tools of how to cast vision, build teams and lead things, but if your character falls apart, if you aren’t able...
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Reading 50 Books in 2011
I am halfway through 2011 (and so are the rest of you). One of my goals this year was to read 50 books, I figured since I’m halfway through the year, I’d share with you my progress in case you’ve...
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Missional Communities: The Rise of the Post-Congregational Church
As part of the Uprising series at Revolution Church I’ve been reading a number of books on missional communities and the 4 identities. One of them was Missional Communities by Reggie McNeal. I have to...
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Top Post of 2011 – #5: Practicing Greatness
Over the last 11 days of 2011, I’ll be posting the top 11 posts of 2011. Here is #5: Practicing Greatness. Over the weekend I read Reggie McNeal’s book Practicing Greatness. I had it on my shelf for...
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Favorite Books of 2011
Every year I list out my favorite books of the year. This year, my goal was to read 50 books and I’m happy to say I did it. For me, one of the ways I relax is reading. I’ve also learned that when it...
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Books Recommendations for Young Leaders
I got this question the other day on Facebook and it made me think, so I thought I’d share it as you may wonder the same thing. The question was: Could you recommend a few books for emerging leaders....
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Links of the Week
Perry Noble on The pastor’s pain Don Golden on The missional church Tim Keel on The election season Church Marketing Sucks on The Illusion of Community Part 1 Church Relevance on Family interaction...
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