Last night I navigated the roll-out of a church's Kingdom Concept with 70 of their core leaders. Some people were blown away by the focus and immediately recognized the opportunity to rally the entire church. Other experienced a mental vapor [...]
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My speaking ministry has ramped up a bit with more people engaging Church Unique. Here are a few places I will be in the next 6 weeks. I will begin updating the blog more with events like these. The reason [...]
While the NINES is new, the feeling of being drenched by an information fire hydrant is not. As I watch folks tweet and celebrate and whine about this blast of kingdom wisdom, I wanted to share a few thoughts to guide your learning [...]
Each semester I take my children through a different kind of bible study or devotional model. This fall we are doing the S.O.A.P method developed by Wayne Cordeiro, and introduced to me through Ken Werlein. If you haven't checked it out yet, [...]
Here are Reggie McNeal's highlights from the Leadership Network today. (twitter hashtag is #Leadnet) The Missional Renaissance Leadership Communities (LC) is a 2 year process where 10-12 teams from across the country gather for hard core collaboration, strategy development and [...]
Almost a decade ago, I transitioned from pastoring to consulting full-time for local churches. It has been an amazing experience as I have felt euphoria in my kingdom service like never before. Therefore, I report these trends with the [...]
Two quotes related to vision have trafficked through the social media space in the last six months. These quotes support the position that vision is outdated.The first quote came from Sam Chand and picked up speed at Leadership Network's i3 [...]
A pastor left a message on my 800 line yesterday and on my cell phone today (he was referred from a friend who used Auxano). Interestingly, he used a long string of different terms to describe what he is looking [...]
I have been transitioning from coffee to tea. Today the family was comparing two brands of green tea- Tazo and Yogi. The clear winner for us is Yogi. I always enjoy reading the story and vision behind a product I [...]
Due to the responses and retweets to the “Outdated Vision” post, I will follow-up with a few further thoughts.A pastor of a prominent church responded via twitter to indicate that his church was in the 2% exception of my estimate that 98% have [...]
Your Vision is Outdated. How do I know? Well I don't really. But if the last 10 years of consulting has taught me anything it's that the way we think about vision has needed to change, and yes, even for our [...]
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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