I just got back from South Carolina where I was able to spend the week following the Catalyst Conference with my family.  I got to meet my new nephew, Brooks, who was born on September 23.  Emma, his older sister, will be 4 in December.  It was nice to spend time with everyone, but I'm definitely ready to get back into the swing of things! ... [Continue Reading]

Andy started the sessions this morning with a message on power. Within the church we tend to think of the word “power” as a four-letter word. But the reality is that leaders do have power and leaders do wield power whether they like it or not. The question is: what do you do when it dawns on you that you’re the most powerful man in the room? Jesus realized his power in ... [Continue Reading]

Patrick Lencioni shared a bit about his new book on satisfaction in the workplace.  According to Lencioni, job misery comes about from three ways: Anonymity – management not knowing who we are Irrelevance – feeling like the work we do doesn’t affect people Immeasurement – having no way of measuring success of our work My personal thoughts: There was some good stuff ... [Continue Reading]

I just finished my first session, and I can already tell that this conference is going to challenge my thinking on the church and its place in our culture.  In this session Reggie Joiner began by sharing about the move from film photography to digital photography.  Kodak made the first digital camera, but they are, unfortunately, the ones with the smallest ... [Continue Reading]

Brad started out by defining leadership as change and stating that the church desperately needs to change.  The church in Acts was defined by change.  In fact, in one day the church changed big time by thousands of people becoming believers.  How would we respond if that happened in the church today?  Most leaders don’t know how to change, and that ... [Continue Reading]