The Underdogs Original Song – Now Available!!! (You Made a Way)

  Obviously, everything around our world is buzzing with excitement over the God of the Underdogs launch last week. And from all we’ve heard, the 400+ churches who are doing the series are super excited as well. It’s been fun to see the various creative pieces and elements that the different churches have come up…

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Thankful for Rick Warren writing the Foreword for the Underdogs Book

Last year, in preparation for the release of my book God of the Underdogs, I began praying about who the best possible person could be to write a foreword for the book. Who’s story was an Underdog Story? And of course, so many names hit the list, but one name in particular kept coming back…

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Be the Underdog #10 – I Hate Insecurity!

At the end of the day, I believe the greatest enemy to most of our potential as leaders, is ourselves. A few years ago I was on a studying and planning retreat and I began praying for many of my closest friends and colleagues in ministry. After several minutes of truly interceding for each of…

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Be the Underdog #9 – Slim Chances

  In chapter 9 of my book, God of the Underdogs, (due out September 10th) I talk about Esther who was a most unlikely choice to become the queen of her nation and change the destiny of an entire race of people. The chances of Esther being used like that were about the same as…

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Be the Underdog #7 – You're More Connected than You think You are

  One of the greatest drivers of our leadership success are the connections we are able to form, have and maintain. And the ground is not level when it comes to connections in the life of underdog leaders. Some of us were born with better contacts and connections then others, but it doesn’t mean we…

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Be the Underdog #6 – The Thing about Potential

In chapter 5 of the God of the Underdogs book, we talk about how Jesus went through seasons where no one recognized his potential. Every underdog leader can relate to this I’m sure. How do we respond when we feel like we have more to offer than is being offered to us? Here are 3…

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Be the Underdog #5 – Implementing "Big Ideas" as an Underdog Leader

In chapter 4 of the God of the Underdogs book, we talk about how John the Baptist’s dream was radical and out there. After all, John was a preacher’s kid who wanted to do ministry in a different way than the generations before him. As underdog leaders, we can probably relate. I’m sure each of…

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Be the Underdogs #4 – Labels Never tell the Whole Story

In chapter 3 of the God of the Underdogs book, we talk about Jacob and how from the time he was born he had a label placed on him. A label that haunted him for a long, long time in his life. As leaders, we must not allow the labels that have been placed upon…

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