Leadership

For all of you who are tracking with us through our NLC Summer Series: “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” you know that we talked about “Dealing with Defeat” in Part 3. (To listen to the message, click the link on the right side of this blog page…) I had a lot of content that…

I have to say that the last week of my life has been crazy, challenging, stressful, & exciting all at the same time. I also have to admit that my “bloggish time” has been limited and difficult. I feel like there are about a dozen transitions happening at the same time right now around my…

Hey everyone, I just wanted to throw a few new thoughts that I’m seeing & hearing on leadership lately. I can’t even begin to express how much I love and appreciate you as Young Leaders in & around the Next Level & Church Planting World! You guys are truly world changers. Thanks for letting me…

By far one of the greatest struggles I face right now is in the area of integrity. What i mean by integrity is the idea of “oneness throughout,” – down to the core. I feel like I have so many irons in the fire all at the same time that you begin to feel this…

Nothing can take the place of drinking deeply from the well of God. This morning I found myself at a rather dry place and rather than doing what is typical Matt fashion, (which is running into the fray and busyness of my day,) I drove to the Bell Tower Shops, sat down outside of Blackhawk…

On Sunday, June 17th, Next Level Church took a huge step forward! If you were’t able to be in church on Sunday, then you didn’t hear the announcement of the newest member of the NLC Staff: Our New Executive Pastor, Scott Drummond. Scott is a veteran of ministry and has served as the Senior Pastor…

Greetings my Bloggish friends, I greet you from my 32nd birthday! There is good news for all of you who have failed to heed the warnings I posted at the beginning of June about my Birthday Bloggish Wish List (scroll down to review)… I celebrate my birthday all month long, so, you still have time…

One of the greatest joys of my life is getting to go to work everyday with some really amazing people. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the last 15 years of ministry, it’s that team is everything! Team will make or break you. Period. I can’t even tell you how great of a team…

Hey everyone, it was sure great being back in the Big House yesterday with all of you NLC-ites. I can’t believe we’re already into the summer season. I’m pumped about the “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” Series that begins June 24th! Every week is going to be dynamite! On a personal note, one of…

The final stop for me this year on my study break/ vacation/ church planting coaching trip was with Timmy Gibson, pastor of OlatheLifeFellowship just outside of Kansas City, KS.  Timmy and his wife Jana started the church in January of 2003 and meet in a High School that seats close to 1,000 (just like we…