1. Learn to pace yourself. 2. Treasure your ideas. Ideas are fragile and powerful at the same time. 3. Help others to grow. 4. Learn to delegate. 5. Teach Executives to play a fifth quarter. 6. Manage Counseling. 7. Pray early and prioritize your day. 8. Don’t manage spiritual things and don’t try to spiritualize [...]
Archive for April, 2008
My new friend, Ben Arment, hit the nail on the head with this post. Read and enjoy. All planters would appreciate. Ben, great thoughts and right on the money. Thank you.
1. Natural- Some are leaders by nature. 2. Positional- Some are leaders by position. 3. Entrepreneurial- Most pastors aspire after this one and it is the most dangerous. Dreaming and scheming can be dangerous. Your laymen will compete with you here and many of them are better than you here. 4. Spiritual- Your people will [...]
I enjoyed meeting and being with Ryan Fitzgerald this weekend at Anthem Church in Gainesville, FL. Also good to see one of Northpoint Church’s finest, Donald Wise, who is a phenomenal guy. Ryan is a worship service Programmer/Producer extraordinaire and understands how to make a worship service come alive, especially in a portable setting! He came [...]
I have been a lead pastor since 1991 and have met some great pastors and many not-so-great pastors. I love pastors and being a pastor, but here’s the premise: Have you ever met a pastor that you would describe this way: Goofball, arrogant, self-consumed, and assumingly God’s gift to the office of the pastor? I [...]
Happy 15th birthday to my middle baby girl, Melonie, today! She’s smart, sharp, beautiful, can sing, and has amazing standards. I am proud of her, to say the least! Melonie, you’ve made momma and me really proud! She actually thinks I’m going to let her start driving…..can you believe it? I love you, Manny! [...]
I’m a big believer that young-age, middle-age, or older-age has nothing to do with going higher and achieving some dreams. Truett Cathey, who is 87 years old, proves this statement to be true. As you know, Mr. Cathey is the CEO of Chick-Fil-A and has a created a dynamite business that is closed on Sundays [...]
Why and how Myspace for your church marketing? Read it here. Why and how Facebook for your church marketing? Read it here. (You can download a free e-book) If my two teenagers would only help me, we could make it happen! I think both ideas are fabulous 21st Century technological advances in building awareness for your church, event, or celebration. [...]
Through the years as a lead pastor, God has seemed to use me to help churches raise a new standard and to challenge them to go to the next level. Call it going higher, seeing more, enlarging the vision, or creating new identities, it still boils down to the fact that every church can always be [...]
Denominational work is a mouth full of ashes.
