The Missing Link in Disciplemaking
How a Discipleship Toolkit Moves People from Information to Transformation
Churches want to get better at making disciples. But what if we're relying on the message of Jesus more than the method of Jesus?
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Churches want to get better at making disciples. But what if we're relying on the message of Jesus more than the method of Jesus?
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It's easy to get outraged about what's wrong with the world, but it's hard to change it. Conviction about your personal calling makes the difference.
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Talking about “being,” “doing,” and “going” is great. But having an actionable, gospel-centered system to do it in your life makes the difference.
[...]My life's greatest secret: I don't work hard, I work focused. (But don't tell anyone.) By introducing the simple power of a 90-day goal I am doing double duty with two current series. First, we are continuing to review the7 Now back to the excerpt from my forthcoming book: Younique, Designing the Life God Dreamed for You. There is something about a 90-day period—approximately one quarter of a year—that is entwined deeply with the operating system of human beings. Ninety days This crucial principle is missing in so many life-planning approaches, but businesses are beginning to figure it out. The fourth quarter of the year is almost always a company’s most productive, sometimes more than the previous three put together. That’s Top Ten Benefits of Focusing on One Goal Every 90 Days One 90-day goal makes it easy to focus attention daily without having to adopt a new system or tool or app. One 90-day goal powers your prayer life in [...]
Based on the first master tool of the Younique Personal Vision Journey, the Clarity Spiral eBook provides an overview of the 4 break-thru practices to find your one thing in life.
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Every person has been given a special assignment from God. The greatest gift you can give yourself and others is knowing and living out that "one thing" each day.
[...]The bad news is that time is flying. The good news is that you're the pilot. So what are you planning to do next? How will you use your time as the sand falls through the hour glass? Perhaps a The most important aspect of designing this time is to make it life-giving. What place energizes you? What activities motivate you? Do you like curling up with a warm cup of hot chocolate on the sofa, or would you rather Once you have a good handle on the kinds of goals you have to work with, it's now time to put the life planning puzzle together. The secret to creating a simple yet powerful life plan is to have the 10 Life Hacks For Creating a Life Plan (Once You Know About the 5 Types of Goals) Create a "future context" by working on goals furthest away first.Develop one to three sentences that describe your ultimate contribution or what we It's now up to you to create a simple life plan and start dreaming about your future. Remember you need to block a good chunk of time. Why not get your calendar out right now and make it happen! If [...]
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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