Value Life Over Prosperity
Is the best thing the new thing? This is a question that plagues me randomly, particularly when the chaos of progress, efficiency, and innovation attempts to sweep me off of…
Reaching Your City As A Living System
A relationship with Christ was never meant to be done in isolation. Too often followers of Christ focus solely on their personal development in their relationship with Christ for their…
Linear Thinking Is Not Enough
Linear thinking is the best! At least, that is what I thought early on in ministry. Linear thinking is approaching problems from a process perspective, a “step-by-step progression where each…
Capitalism Only Half-Baked
When I was a junior in high school I took a missions trip to Belarus, which was a part of the former Soviet Union. I was impacted greatly by the…
Better Decisions in Ministry
To be in an executive position of an organization requires a great deal of patience, perspective, and strategic understanding. Such positions provide a great deal of responsibility for the lives…
Systems Disruption
To be a leader is to be a problem-solver. It is vital for every leader to have the skill to tackle complex challenges and navigate the landmines that are certainties…
Employee Information Inundation
An individual’s day consists of constant inundation of information from media outlets, social media, conversations, family relationships, and work environments. So, in the conversation regarding global foresight, scenario planning, and…
Narrate My Future
An individual’s day consists of constant inundation of information from media outlets, social media, conversations, family relationships, and work environments. So, in the conversation regarding global foresight, scenario planning, and…
Are you feeding the HiPPO?
To build an effective system can be challenging. There are a great number of details that need to be thought through and considered in order to achieve exactly what is…
Egotism of Ministry Leaders
The world of ministry leadership can be rather confusing. There is a constant tension between utilizing charisma and battling egotism that many ministry leaders lose. Over the last thirty years,…