When you’re trying to get something done and you keep getting distracted and taken away from your work, it’s maddening! There’s a huge temptation to just blow up or blow someone else up! Nehemiah set such a great leadership example for today’s leaders. He was focused on something that was much bigger than himself and […]
Continue readingNehemiah – Fighting Discouragement
I hate it when I get halfway through a huge project and everything starts falling apart: you get tired, people around you start whining real bad and others are telling you that you’re out of your mind to keep going. Nehemiah must have been ready to shoot someone. The walls around Jerusalem have been repaired […]
Continue readingLet the “etc.” speak for itself
Leadership… it’s everywhere and it takes so many forms. If you haven’t read the book Good To Great , by Jim Collins, the term “Level 5 Leadership” may not mean much to you. The term is coined by Jim Collins as the highest level of leadership. Collins actually admits that it is very difficult to […]
Continue readingMaking God’s Town a reality
For me, one of the highlights of 2009 was seeing Christ Fellowship’s new Children’s Ministry area, God’s Town, become a reality. All three of my kids grew up in the original God’s Town at Christ Fellowship, so it was a real honor to be a part of planning, design and build-out one of the most […]
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