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The Up The Middle Church
About The Book: In The Up The Middle Church, Matt Keller offers an on-the-field playbook for pastors and leaders who need to know how to win their Super Bowl one yard at a time!The church world today is inundated with stories of Overnight Success. The one percent of churches who have a long bomb story…
Read MoreSkeptics and Cynics
Hey everyone, I hope your Memorial Day was fun & restful and a great start to your summer. I decided to wait for all of you to get back from your long holiday weekend to post. And… I’m keeping it short, sweet and to the point for you as well. But, I think you’ll find…
Read MoreHow to Up Your Energy Level at Work INSTANTLY!!!
The natural tendency of a leader’s schedule is to drift toward “have to’s” and away from “want to’s.” Of course there are just some meetings we “have to” have, but the reality is, the bigger our organization gets, the more likely this “have to” creep gets. The problem is: The “have to” meetings drain us…
Read MoreYour Organization's One Sentence Job Description
In March of this year, we rolled out the new Vision Statement for Next Level Church. “Creating a Place that People Love, so they can Experience a Loving God…” I am so excited about this Vision Statement, not because it’s new, but because it isn’t new. We have been living this vision for a long…
Read MoreThe 12 Leadership Mistakes of Pilate in the Easter Story (Part 3)
In light of Easter last weekend, we have been focusing on The 12 Leadership Mistakes Pilate made in the Easter Story and this week we are concluding that series. Pilate was a world famous leader because of the choices he made. However, the choices that made him famous are choices all of us should seek…
Read MoreThe 12 Leadership Mistakes of Pilate in the Easter Story (Part 2)
Last week, we began a series on The 12 Leadership Mistakes of Pilate in the Easter Story. If you missed it, you can go here. As leaders, we can learn not only from the successes of leaders in the past, but also, and some times more so, from the mistakes of leaders in the past.…
Read MoreThe 12 Leadership Mistakes of Pilate in the Easter Story (Part 1) (Series)
As we head into the Easter Season, I want to turn our weekly Leadership Conversation to a powerful illustration from the Easter story in the Bible in the person of Pilate. Pilate played a key role (not in a good way) in the crucifixion of Jesus. His decisions (or lack thereof) not only had historical…
Read MoreLeadership Development: It's What You're Doing!
For the past 2 years, in the fall, we have hosted a Leadership Training Event for Business Leaders in southwest Florida called Advance One Day. The only goal in the entire thing is to Add Value to business leaders and help them do what they do better. Last year, Kyle Jackson and I did a…
Read MoreSome @MLB Spring Training Fun for you!
While the rest of the nation is freezing in snow and ice, we here in Florida are, well, living in Paradise! And the month of March here means one thing: SPRING TRAINING!!! One of my favorite times of year centers around when the “Boys of Summer” are back in town. In honor of America’s Pastime,…
Read MoreThe Reason you Can't Move Forward!
So I have 2 growing piles of clothes that are consuming the floor of my closet. They’re clothes I don’t want anymore and I want to donate to Goodwill. They’ve been sitting there for like 6 months, and every time I look at them I get mad and frustrated and agitated that I can’t…
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