How's Your Visibility
I just finished spring break in Park City snowboarding with my three kids. Each morning as the blinds opened from our kitchen window, the question of clarity was answered as we noted the "visibility" of the day. [...]
Leadership Network's Early Delivery
When I spoke at last week's Generous Churches Leadership Community, participates were given a complimentary copy of Church Unique. The books weren't supposed to be out yet, so Chris Willard and Stephanie Plagens, really pulled the rabbit out of [...]
To Mess With the Truth is to Miss the Truth
The only thing better than digesting Andy Stanely’s book, Communicating for a Change is hearing a communicator apply it! Bruce Wesley, Yancey Arrington and Greg Poore are my teaching pastors at Clear Creek Community Church, and they really hit [...]
Upward’s 4-1-1 Vision
Last night Upward Sports kicked off its 2008 training tour in San Antonio with its typical “service beyond expectation” style. On Friday night, Caz McCaslin, the founder and president retells the creation story with humor and passion, urging church partners [...]
The Imagination of God
On the airplane from Spartanburg, SC to Dallas, TX to speak at Leadership Network, I was reflecting on the nature of vision. Although we know vision is important we tend to think of vision as intangible and in the [...]
Missional Leadership at The MET
After completing a 12-month journey with Auxano, the pastoral staff of the MET, lead by Sal Sberna unveiled their Vision Frame to over 500 people in their leadership community last Sunday. On exciting aspect of The MET’s vision is [...]
Wanted: Church 'Insultants'
A bedrock assumption at Auxano is the belief that a "strategic outsider" is indispensable to effective ministry. So when I see a post like this one by Todd Rhoades of Leadership Network I want to pass it along..."As a [...]
Values Blitz
Last Sunday, Faithbridge had their first Values Blitz of the year. Three "blitzes" a year make up the backbone of our leadership development process. Basically the Values Blitz is an unforgettable shared experience around one of Faithbridge's six core [...]
Distractions in Disguise
Henry Ford said a basic human problem is trying to do too much at once. When Jesus prayed to the Father just before his death, he recounted, “I have completed everything that you called me to do.” I am [...]
The Keen Observation of Mothers and Leaders
Tonight I witnessed the clarity that comes from keen observation. Many times this quality separates the Holy Spirit-gifted leaders from the general pool of influencers. I ate dinner with one of Auxano account executives, Shawna Stengle. She has [...]
Seeker Freaks
Real vision is a living vocabulary. I see it as the living language that illustrates and anticipates God's better future. I was with two groups of leaders this week where moments were marked with living language. One was Dave [...]
The Clarity Vacuum
Many people ask me how I became a "clarity evangelist." It all started in the window between July 2001 – December of 2002. In that time I was given the opportunity to work with scores of churches across the country. [...]
