5 Ways to Advance the Mission and Decrease Exhaustion in the New Reality
I want to help you prioritize and focus your energy where it will produce the greatest return for your mission—that’s one of the best ways I know to defeat exhaustion.
[...]
20/20 Vision for Life: Empower Your People With a Clear Vision for Their Lives
A 6-week all-church campaign to mobilize your church
One of the most frequent conversations that I have with pastors and leaders is about the feeling of being stuck. More and more energy and resources are being poured into the activity of the church but it is not leading to real church growth.
In only a few short weeks we will be ringing in 2020, a new year and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to talk to your church about vision. One of the realizations that I have come to during my two decades of helping churches pursue clarity is this: our church’s vision is powerless until we empower the personal calling of our people.
[...]
If Your Culture Is Stuck, HOW Is It Stuck?
The right relationship between organizational and personal clarity moves a church forward
Until the relationship between your organization and the individuals that make it up changes, your organizational culture won't.
[...]How Patrick Lencioni's 6 Questions Relate to the Vision Frame's 5 Questions
Thanks to all the friends in ministry sending me thoughts as Patrick Lencioni speaks to church leaders at the Global Leadership Summit. I lead a clarity focused consulting group called Auxano that creates tools and guides process work for church [...]
3 Leadership Biases Holding Your Church Back Today
The single greatest advantage any company can achieve is organizational health. Yet it is ignored by most leaders even though it is simple, free, and available to anyone who wants it.- Patrick Lencioni, The AdvantageWith that bold statement, Patrick Lencioni [...]
Do You Have a Mental Base Camp as a Ministry Leader?
Today I talked with 5 different ministries in pursuit of clarity. At one point, Tim with the E4 Project, started sharing the benefit of the process as we were refining their Vision Frame. I love the image he used:"It's giving [...]
Theological Clarity and Application - eBook from Acts 29
I was excited to see this free resource designed to equip leaders with practical theological tools. Scott Thomas created a this condensed and well designed guide to Wayne and Elliot Grudem's book, Christian Beliefs: Twenty Basics Every Christian Should Know. [...]
How I Created My Dream Job
Over the last fifteen years, by God's grace and through difficult decisions, I have created my dream job. Yes, it is very possible. And yes, if I won the lottery tomorrow, I would not change how I work. When you [...]
Take an AHA! Intermission: Guide for Knowledge Junkies #ahaLN
While the AHA! is new a new kind of learning format, 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 [...]
Rousing the Human Heart with Words of Purpose
It's fascinating how the social sciences reveal what the Bible makes so plain. In a recent book entitled Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Daniel Pink unpacks what he calls "motivation 3.0." What are the surprises? Basically Pink [...]
Clarity 101: Goals, Vision, Planning...Blah, Blah, Blah
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 [...]
The Christian Blogger's Dilemma and What to Do About It
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 [...]
