I heard a lot of feedback from our budgeting sermon Sunday (Week 2 of Middle Management), so I thought I’d repost the questions we asked. Remember, these are big, hairy, difficult-to-answer questions. That’s the point. It may take you weeks to come up with the answers, and even longer to make it happen, but you [...]
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I recently began using Google Reader to track the blogs I’m following, and it works great. But while I was adding blogs I came across a discussion about ‘seeker-sensitive’ churches (I hate that term – aren’t all churches ‘seeker-sensitive’? Or are some ‘seeker-insensitive?’) that included some comments about me. Whoa, hang on. Seriously? Yeah, I [...]
One of the aspects of leading a growing church that I’m trying to come to grips with is learning to let go of things I can no longer do. For your sake and mine, I thought I’d make a list of things I no longer have time to do: I can’t take every phone call [...]
If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the last 5 years, it’s that leaders make good targets. I don’t know if it’s because our every move is microscopically scrutinized or just that we’re out in front of everyone else, but leading is not for the faint of heart. In fact, I can testify from personal [...]
