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Donald Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz, was part of the session that most exceeded expectations today. I guess I was just projecting my perceived shortcomings (he may be a writer, but don’t let him speak) on Mr. Jazz. And, yet, he came through with a great message today filled with the types of stories [...]

Louie Giglio, founder of the Passion Movement, presented some challenging thoughts on leadership and worship. He suggested that question is not are you going to lead, and how are you going to lead? Instead, he said the question we need to be asking is are you going to live, and how are you going to [...]

Andy Stanley opened up this year’s Catalyst Conference with a message addressing the integrity of a leader. Here are some highlights from Andy’s thoughts on this issue:
1. Your leadership ability has the potential to take you further than your character can sustain you.
2. Leaders get in trouble when their character/integrity doesn’t keep pace with the [...]

I’ve been watching people a lot recently. Some in person. Some on TV. I’ve been looking for signs of leadership. You need to know, I’m surrounded by great leaders. Because of that, I know what leadership looks like. You also need to know that I fall in the group that believes God has gifted some [...]

My good friend, Mark Waltz, has just been interviewed by Josh over at The Leadership Blog. Now you can find out why Mark is such a swell guy. And, it’s true, he’s also the best-dressed pastor at Granger.

The September/October issue of Outreach Magazine has an interesting article by Thom Rainer on whether or not churches should continue to pursue building programs. Rainer acknowledges the debate that the American Church continues to spend billions of dollars on new construction, yet there continues to be very few healthy churches. The conclusion, without research, would [...]

Josh Sargent, over at The Leadership Blog, has been interviewing church leaders throughout the country. There are now a series of about a dozen interviews on his site. You may want to check them out. Feel free to ignore his most recent interview. That guy certainly doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

Mac Lake is attending the Drive Conference at North Point Community Church. He posted some challenging thoughts from a session taught by Reggie Joiner from North Point’s staff. “What radical change do you need to make? What is keeping you from making that radical change?”

Didn’t get a chance to check out my CCN broadcast yesterday? If so, here’s the completed outline. The chapter references are for the book Simply Strategic Volunteers that was the basis for our teaching.

Have you received your September/October issue of Rev Magazine yet? The issue features a cover story from Tim and me on attracting a crowd to your church. Not sure if you should read this article? Maybe you should consider, first, whether or not you’ve ever experienced this…
Be honest. Have you ever been in a church [...]