http://tonymorganlive.com Get Your Strategy On Mon, 12 May 2008 03:23:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here are more answers to questions that were recently submitted by readers. Enjoy. 6. Want to hang out with me and my buddy Kary Oberbrunner at Catalyst? Of course I do. Doesn't everyone? 7. What did the decision-making process look like when you decided to leave Granger Community Church to become a pastor ... http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/11/answers-to-questions-part-2/ If you weren't at NewSpring today, you missed an amazing service. Among other things... We gave a house to a single mom and her son. We gave a wheelchair-accessible van to a single mom. She's caring for her adult son who has a disability. Perry used these stories to present the Gospel and ... http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/11/i-love-my-church/ Hey, Bob, if you're still out there, I'd love to pursue a conversation with you on the topic of "excellence." I know it's en vogue these days to downplay the value of excellence in ministry. I'm not buying it, though, and I'm hoping you might help me understand the thinking ... http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/11/should-i-pursue-unexcellent/ Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com as quoted on BusinessWeek.com (April 17, 2008) I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate. That's actually a serious point. If you're going to do something that's never been done before—which is basically what innovation is—people are ... http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/07/thats-quotable-jeff-bezos-2/ One of the advantages of serving with Perry is that I get to sit under powerful teaching, but I also get to watch him model what it is to be a leader in a growing ministry/organization. Yesterday, as we were meeting in our weekly leadership team gathering, he offered this ... http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/07/7-filters-for-leadership-decisions/ I'm still unpacking all the boxes, but it feels good to be in the new place. With the help of friends, the site is completely redesigned. If you're a subscriber and following me through email or a feed reader, you may be interested in stopping by and saying hello. No ... http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/07/welcome-to-the-new-digs/ I'm in the process of going back through the Bible viewing it through the eyes of a leader. Here are more thoughts from Romans: If faith comes from hearing the message, someone needs to step up and preach the message so those outside the faith hear it. (10:14) "I make much of my ... http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/06/leadership-thoughts-from-romans-9-16/ I love being on the bleeding edge of technology. With that in mind, I volunteered to be one of the first NewSpring staffers to make the shift from using Microsoft Outlook to Google solutions. I've been using Google for several years to manage home email and calendars. I've been using ... http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/05/goodbye-microsoft-outlook/ Yesterday, Perry talked about how we need to fully surrender everything to God. Here are some of my favorite lines from his message: "When the Gospel takes root in someone's life, everything changes." "A 95% commitment to Christ is 5% too short." "God doesn't want anything from you. He wants everything." "If God loved ... http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/05/perryisms-5/ I love stories like this. God created us to experience life in relationship with others. And sometimes, that means we need others to pick us up when we are down. http://tonymorganlive.com/2008/05/05/touching-them-all/