Leadership

I have the privilege of working with a lot or church planters and leaders who have a vision to “Start something from scratch!” And as someone who has spent the last dozen years of my life starting stuff, I have become a student of entrepreneurial thought and processes. I am currently reading a book called,…

Hey everyone, I wanted to personally invite all of you who follow me in the blogosphere to be at Next Level Church this weekend at 9 am and 10:45 am on Sunday morning for the launch of our Brand new series, Tainted Love. We’re talking about relationships and if ever there’s a time that we…

In November I am leading a team of 8 Next Levelers to India for 12 days. I’m so excited about all that we’re going to experience. It’s going to be life-changing I just know it. This past weekend, I got to spend a few days with Jameson Titus who is the stateside director for the…

So the 2nd way you can keep up with me is on Twitter. I’ll be honest and confess that I didn’t fully understand Twitter for about the first month I had heard about it, but then through much coercing and multiple people (all of whom I admire greatly) telling me that “I gotta twitter…” I…

Hey everyone, I couldn’t wait to tell you that there are now 2 new ways to keep up with yours truly… The first is on Facebook. Next Level Church officially has a Facebook page, & if you’re not on there, you totally have to connect. It’s a great place to keep up with what’s up…

I just can’t help but brag a little bit!  Call me a bandwagon jumper, I don’t care!!!  For the last 173 games I have been a Tampa Bay Rays fan!  No, strike that, it actually dates back to July of 2007, when we did our Take me Out to the Ballgame series and I said…

#10: Repetition, properly utilized is hilarious. Well, it’s been 2 full weeks now since we started our series on My Thoughts on Being Funny. One final tool I want to share with you is Repetition. When someone learns to properly use repetition in conversation or in a presentation the end result can be absolutely hilarious.…

#9: Funny Stories connect with people. I am a story teller. It’s one of the most frequent tools I use in Being Funny. Jesus was a story teller, and I think Jesus probably was a lot more funny than history records of him. Truthfully, I can’t help but read the Bible with a humorous edge.…

#8: Using Sarcasm is funny and dangerous. I have learned there is a fine line between Sarcasm & Cynicism. And truly great communicators know the difference. Biting sarcasm can hurt people and although it may be funny in the moment, it will often do more damage than good. Being funny at someone else’s expense is…