Yesterday I spent some time with Mac Lake, former leadership development pastor at Seacoast Church and now the leader of the Launch Network. Here is want I learned:1) Don't just build leaders; build a [...]
Today, I received an e-mail letter from pastor Rick Warren. He has experienced levels of pain requiring him to look into both heart and stroke related possibilities. (Thank God that everything is fine [...]
#1 Stop Trying to Prove YourselfThere's nothing wrong with wanting a promotion, but you don't want to minister with an unsettled spirit that's always trying to push hard and overdo it. The tone of [...]
Imagine for a minute all of the church communication your church sends out: Sunday bulletins, e-mails, student flyers, tweets, children's ministry reminders, campaign brochures, pastor blogs and on [...]
These questions are straight from Jim Collins, tweaked a bit for the ministry context. What's fun about Jim (and a bit different from my style) is that he could care less how the core values [...]
Be sure to read the intro post: How Joe Lost his Passion in Ministry. I will use Joe to illustrate each of the five ways as we unpack the passion-success conundrum: Great passion breeds success but [...]
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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