Reading through It: how churches and leaders can get it and keep it by Craig Groeschel. I love his thoughts on failure: “Don’t internalize failure: failure is an event, not a person.”
Failures are the building blocks for success; all success is preceded by failure. Yet, it’s so easy to internalize failure and conclude that I’m [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Leadership’
May 7, 2009
Failure as an Event
October 20, 2008
Good Weekend
It was a busy but good weekend.
The youth rallied on Friday as they get ready for OctoberFest 2008 happening on October 31.
Had a great time with the leaders on Saturday at our all-day retreat.
We did some pretty heavy mental lifting as we try to refine our focus and vision for the church.
What I enjoy is [...]
July 8, 2008
F.U.E.L. Conference – Day 1, morning session
Just finished the first session of the FUEL (focus, unity, equipping, leadership) conference in Nashville, TN. FUEL is a gathering for North American Every Nation pastors.
First off, Nashville is hot! Whew, summer in the South is no joke.
It’s interesting that the conference is named FUEL given the price of gas nowadays. I think it’s apropos [...]
April 10, 2008
true heart, skillful hands
Read through a great passage of scripture today:
70 He chose his servant David,
calling him from the sheep pens.
71 He took David from tending the ewes and lambs
and made him the shepherd of Jacob’s descendants—
God’s own people, Israel.
72 He cared for them with a true heart
and led them with skillful hands. (Ps. 78, NLT)
Leadership isn’t only [...]
March 23, 2008
Weekend Rewind and catching up.
A couple weeks ago I wrote about a Sunday service we had where the wheels seemed to come off. Well, our comeback Sunday (March 16) was waaaaay better. The feel in the services was night and day compared to the 9th. Good bunch of first and second time guests too.
I’ve said it [...]
December 16, 2007
Lessons on Leadership
Micah 1:5
“Who is to blame for Israel’s rebellion? Samaria, its capital city! Where is the center of idoloatry in Judah? In Jerusalem, its capital!” What’s interesting is the capitals are blamed for Israel’s and Judah’s sin. The capitals are the lead cities, the center of the nation’s life and function. The capitals represent leadership.
Scripture is [...]
