I woke up this morning excited for several reasons. First, Jim Randall, Auxano's chief managing officer and I did some dreaming late into the night about Auxano's future. Second, I can't wait to connect with hundreds of Houston pastors in [...]
It’s exciting to see a kingdom leader have a great start. This week I got front row seats watching Rich Kannwischer lead as the new Senior Pastor at St. Andrews Presbyterian, in Newport Beach, CA.One the ride home, I reflected [...]
Last Sunday I was at McKinney Fellowship, pastored by Bruce Miller, is going through the Vision Pathway with Auxano. While guiding the process, I am really enjoying Bruce's writing. One of his books, The Leadership Baton, uses this picture to explore [...]
Last night I spent hours with a Vision Pathway team at St. Luke's Methodist in Houston, refining, restating and refining further the articulation of strategy. It's a brutal process for leaders who engage it well and one of the most [...]
In this final look at applying Seth Godin's Tribes to the work of church, I want to talk about tribal greatness. Jesus never rebukes his disciples for wanting to be great, but rather, shows them the different way of greatness [...]
This weekend, the leadership at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church is rolling out the Vision Frame to the congregation. The “flow” of the rollout, designed with senior pastor Greg Finke and executive pastor Vince Parks, is to move from awareness to understanding [...]
My friend Joe Ely brought this Wall Street article to my attention today. It's a stirring piece on the state of our great institutions and a solution that seems as stunningly obvious as it is brilliantly novel. We might not [...]
It's a great time to talk clarity as most leaders put the subject on the front burner. Yet, strangely enough, the more you read, the more it's possible for static to fill the airwaves. The same day this week, you [...]
As my appetite for reading blogs increases, so does my realization that many Christian bloggers are stuck. Why? Because of the notion that if you have something to say it might be construed as proud or arrogant. This dilemma of [...]
Thanks to the early adopters, innovators and everyday visionaries who are jumping on the Open Source Vision Casting opportunity via twitter. Using the hashtag, #visiondrip people can share simple ideas of how to keep vision in the daily mix. Join [...]
To celebrate the birth of the God-man Jesus, is to recognize the biggest chapter break in the universe's most impressive story. As God's redemptive plan ripples through time, it comes in stages. Have you ever noticed that God's macro-work in stages [...]
How do you present a church vision? The answer is simple: Everyday No doubt many of you are thinking about vision at the dawn of 2010. So I would invite you to reconsider vision delivery in 2010.This post is a [...]
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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