Leadership

In the last week I have had mentoring conversations with Greg Surratt, Mark Batterson, Larry Osborne, Andy Stanley, & Rick Warren.  Actually there were several more, but I don’t want to brag!  Here’s how it went down… they were speaking, I was listening and being mentored.  Some happened through my iPod, others were actually in…

Over the last 15 years, I have had the wonderful privilege of being mentored by some of the greatest minds alive in the areas of faith, leadership, business, and finance. Men like John Maxwell, Oswald Chambers, Robert Kiyosaki, Dave Ramsey, Andy Stanley, Jim Collins, just to name a few. And here’s the great thing… I…

So I just had the greatest experience! Through the miracle of the Internet, I was able to speak at a pastor’s conference in the Philippines! I just spent an hour with 14 pastors in the Philippines teaching them what it means to be a Life-Giving Church! They are exactly a half a world away, the…

I want to spend this week talking about Mentors. In the last few weeks, I’m learning alot about the power, presence & necessity of mentors in our lives. However, often when we think of mentors, we have a narrow definition that keeps us from learning the lessons necessary to become the person we have the…

I mentioned late last week that I’ve been reading “My Utmost for His Highest” by Oswald Chambers, which is a classic daily devotional. So in the April 7th writing he says, “The evidence that we do (know anything about the indwelling of the life of Jesus) is that His Word is becoming understandable to us.”…