Leadership

Nova Experience part 2

I’ve got a bit too many notes from the conference, but here’s a few random thoughts. – Kudos to the Willow Creek Association for risking and attempting a new type of conference.  I’ve been avoiding conferences for quite a while, but I still do see an incredible need for leaders being continually equipped and inspired. [...]

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Obama & The Emerging Church

I’f you’ve been living solitude the last day, check out Barack Obama’s major speech on race recently delivered (2 million views on youtube in less than 2 days!). Much of it is in response to his former pastor Jeremiah Wright’s outright racist comments, but it’s so much more. I suspect it’s stuff Obama’s been thinking [...]

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A theology as big as the city…

Recently I finished a relatively old urban ministry book – Ray Bakke’s “a theology as big as the city“. This book rocks, and is filled with insights on God’s love for the city and our roles in it.One practical and disputable insight I’ve been mulling over comes from this quote of his “The local city [...]

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Baby out the window…

With his building engulfed in flames a man in Germany threw his nine-month old nephew out of his apartment window four-stories down to a police officer. The parents screamed for him not to do it. The toddler is doing fine, but five other children were killed in the blaze. (Full article and more photos) Some [...]

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Yes we can…

Go Obama…

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lonliness…

A couple other seminary students were sharing with me yesterday about how lonely things can be as they’ve began working in leadership in different churches. I wrote a while back about how ‘leaders need community‘.  I want to take this further as not only an acknowledgment, but as a request, on behalf of leaders. Certainly [...]

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Rock Star Pastors?

Photo by Roger Cullman www.rogercullman.com Preaching last week, I slipped out something I probably needed to hear more for myself. I told people that they don’t need a rock-star pastor or a superstar leader. They need Jesus in their lives. With the very best of what church’s and the world has to offer available on [...]

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Crippling them…

There’s this fantastic scene in the movie Remember the Titans that I’ve been reflecting on. Denzel Washington’s character Coach Boone has been really tough on his players and his assistant coach tells him to go easy on them.  Coach Boone replies by saying, You’re crippling them.  You’re crippling them for life. I wonder how often [...]

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