Above All Trust in the Slow Work of God
The title of this post is taken from a poem by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.Early this week, Fritz Dale, the director of ReachNational of the Evangelical Free Church of America referred to this [...]
The title of this post is taken from a poem by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.Early this week, Fritz Dale, the director of ReachNational of the Evangelical Free Church of America referred to this [...]
This is the first drill down of the Top 11 Clarity Takeaways from the NINES. If you have not heard of Leadership Network's conference called The NINES check it out. In the following video and [...]
If your staff and volunteers don't know your church's strategy, they invent their own.Many times, this is not the fault of the volunteers but a failure on the part of senior leadership. I recently [...]
The best attribute of Perry Noble's blog is that it's filled with questions. I thought these four were particularly good when it comes to preaching and clarity; NOT clarity of content but clarity of [...]
It was an exciting day for Austin Stone, a church led by Matt Carter which has experienced a surge of awareness due to their growth and unique vision over the past few years. Today they moved into a [...]
This blog is dedicated to greater life that comes from clarity, both individually and organizationally.On Thursday this past week, I participated in an online conference called The NINES, during which [...]
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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