Vision Sunday 2010 from Hillsong Church on Vimeo.If communicating vision is important to you, then consider listening to this 25-minute vision casting experience with the attached evaluative tool. What makes this Hillsong vision casting piece uniquely effective?The visual medium is [...]
Like many leaders I want to lead a world-class team. But I don't think you can without a core commitment to managing dreams. We talk a lot about managing people and we get specific by talking about their talents, personalities, [...]
I am working with a small group of church consultants and thought leaders from different disciplines to integrate learnings from "movement phenomenology" into how we think and help the local church. The group is called "Future Travelers" and Alan Hirsch is [...]
Over the last few years I have enjoyed attending and speaking at conferences. Yet staying on mission for me means having to miss some. Now with twitter, you can have an entirely new experience of attending a conference virtually. In fact [...]
There is a great line up of places to meet and get down and dirty with clarity. Here is where I will be hanging out and speaking in the next several weeks:Verge in Austin is Happening NOW. This is the [...]
What kind of disciple is your church designed to produce? At Vince Antonucci's church plant in Las Vegas, called VERVE, they not only have a clear and compelling answer to this question, but to all five of the irreducible questions [...]
Leadership Network (LN) is an great organization, and they are doing more amazing stuff this year. Some of Dave Travis's comments on their Learnings Blog have hinted to their 2nd big online conference, called Aha! Fresh Voices, New Ideas that will happen [...]
How many truly innovative training offerings are available to church leaders today? In my opinion, not many. There are plenty of conferences each with their own twist. But most likely you'll get motivated from the same pastor-rock-stars that walk the [...]
Less cash doesn't have to mean less mission. Albeit painful, seasons of crunch force us to re-examine, re-engineer, and re-fine our understanding of the organization's essence. Success has a way of obscuring the essence. It leads to what my friend [...]
Whatever your opinion of the iPad roll-out today, Apple's ability to capture the consumer imagination and bring innovative products to life is unparalleled. Today's 8 minute overview of the revolutionary iPad contains these phrases. What if people talked about church [...]
Today I am hanging out with Mel McGowan, a thought leader in the area of designing sacred space. We are collaborating at a blue sky session with one of his new church clients in Houston. Mel's passion is to "tear down [...]
#1 Programs don't attract people; people attract people (Aubrey Malphurs)#2 Think steps not programs; strategy makes the next step simple, easy, and obvious. (Andy Stanley)#3 Strategy is a missional map, therefore communicate it visually (Church Unique)#4 As a whole, cluttered and [...]
I want you and your ministry to experience the benefits of stunning, God-given clarity. As a pastor turned vision coach, I’ve worked with an unprecedented variety of churches from growing mega-churches and missional communities, to mainline revitalization and church plants. I started several interconnected organizations that help the church embody the movement that Jesus founded. My visionary planning tools, the Vision Frame and the Horizon Storyline are used by thousands of churches every year through my calling to raise up other consultants and trainers. In 2004, I founded Auxano, which I sold to LifeWay and continued to lead until 2020. In 2014, I created Younique to deliver gospel-centered life design through the church. It is now the world's only comprehensive, open-source life plan system.
In 2023, I founded Run Free as my official team-based consulting shop. We deliver the most innovative Vision Framing experiences available to church teams through the "Pivvot Process" and to network/denominational leaders through the "Denominee Process." We also offer team coaching to church leaders using the "Performance Practices" of meta-performance executive coaching.
I've written seven books: Future Church, Church Unique, Younique, Clarity Spiral, God Dreams, Innovating Discipleship, and Building Leaders. I enjoy speaking about clarity, calling, disciple-making, and vision. It's all about helping one another do more than we can imagine. I co-locate in Houston and Chile with my wife, Romy, and the last of my four children, Poema.
If you are interested in Run Free's consulting offerings or want to discuss getting a LifePlan, just reach out to set up a conversation.
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