My New Book: Church Leadership Essentials is Released

    It with great joy and excitement that I announce my new book Church Leadership Essentials is available for purchase. My book released yesterday and has already been #10 on Kindle Church Leadership books on Amazon! Thom Rainer featured it on his blog in...

The Tension is Good

I remember years ago attending a Catalyst event and hearing Andy Stanley talk about how the “tension is good.” I’m a both-and kind of guy anyway – that’s just how I’m wired. I’ve already blogged before about the tension I feel...

What Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman Reveal About Us

The following is a post I saw from Philip Wagner. It is the best response I’ve seen yet. Here is his post: Written on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC are these words, Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot...

Blast From the Past: Don’t Go to Seminary

The following was a blog post I wrote in 2008 that got over 50 comments. I thought I would repost it 5 years later. I still feel the same. What are your thoughts? Read what I wrote: Wait. Hold the phone. Don’t crucify me, yet. Allow me to share with you my heart...

What Pastors Can Learn from Country Music

I watch The Voice on NBC. I’m a musician and former worship leader and enjoy the show. The judges are fantastic this year. One thing that keeps jumping out at me is Country artist and coach, Blake Shelton, who is fond of saying country music tells a story and...

Don’t Miss Catalyst Dallas

Special discounted registration rate for Catalyst Dallas ends today! I’ll be there with my whole team and I hope to see you there.  You won’t want to miss the Catalyst Dallas Conference, happening May 1-3, 2013, where 3,500 young leaders will converge,...