One of the best tweets that I received this year was the quote, "Are you going through life or are you growing through life?" This quote forces me to consider the areas of development in my life in which I [...]
Oral Robert's death at the age of 91 on Tuesday this past week caused me to reflect on the 3 months of my life that I lived a stone's throw from Oral Roberts University (ORU) in Tulsa. I was taking [...]
I encourage leaders to invest a lot of time assessing, aligning, and articulating vision. But at the end of the day it doesn't mean squat if it doesn't deliver. How about taking cues from the postman to deliver vision daily! Here [...]
After a decade of visioning with churches, I created a simple tool to guide the vision-to-reality conversation.What is the first step? Dialogue. What is constantly overlooked? Dialogue. So I created a tool to jump-start real dialogue. Don't underestimate the power [...]
If you have never met Max Lucado, words cannot describe his authenticity. That's remarkable given the fact that he has sold more books than any Christian author in history, second only to the Bible itself. If I could capture in [...]
Before engaging this post, please know that I want you to reach as many people as possible with the gospel of Jesus for the Glory of God. The challenge is simply a matter of how. Here is the Tribes quote [...]
Perry posted today on Seven Reasons Your Church Plant Might Fail. It's a fantastic post and I wanted to add two observations. First, three of these are directly related to vision. (And the rest are strongly tied, but indirectly related [...]
Seth Godin writes with a dash of bravado and his overstatements are both playful and insightful. But on the topic of communication, he delivers what he calls "the essential lesson" and it's not exaggerated."The essential lesson is that every day [...]
In this fourth post on Take Seth Godin to Church I want to focus on Tribal Movement. Consider using the questions in these posts for staff or volunteer meetings in the month of December. Use the Advent season [...]
Today I want to apply Godin's perspective about leading a tribe, to Jesus. As we do, I invite you to allow the life of Jesus shape your own identity as a leader. You may wonder why Godin's perspective is so valuable [...]
You've probably been exposed to Seth Godin's book, Tribes. But have you integrated his ideas into your thinking and leadership at church?Integrating new learning for me always happens in stages. For example:Exposure to and awareness of new ideasUnderstanding (distillation and [...]
Here are my three favorite Seth Godin quotes pertaining to tribal passion:"Do you believe in what you do? Every day? It turns out that belief happens to be a brilliant strategy. Can you imagine Steve Jobs showing up [...]
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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