Leadership Network's 25th Anniversary
On Wednesday night this week, Bob Buford's legacy was celebrated as LN crossed the 25 year mark. Robert Lewis, shared that Bob has influenced the church in North America more in the last 25 years than [...]
Get on Your Zag
I am spending two days at the Innovation3 Conference hosted by Leadership Network today and tomorrow. RIght now, Stacy Spencer from New Directions Church is preaching the good news clarity and the [...]
Questions for our Existence
This weekend I spoke to 60 large church pastors who are a part of the the Lutheran Church (LCMS). Billy Graham called the denomination a "sleeping giant." The denomination as some unique strengths [...]
Most Requested Vision Tool
My 15 year old son twittered the MLK quote yesterday: "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." The quote struck him from his 9th grade studies [...]
A Sound Investment
In Patrick Lencioni's latest POV Newsletter, he commented on the "bad economy bandwagon" that is accompanying most media reports and conversations. He humorously suggested that perhaps the next thing [...]
Crisis Choosing
I was asked an interesting question today at the end of 3-hour "futures forum" for a church starting the Vision Pathway. One the wall in front of the group was the work of 30 different subgroups that [...]
