Character Matters
I have hired a lot of people over the years from working in the corporate world to being involved with several different large churches. I ultimately take all of the factors involved and put them into one of two categories, character or competency. Competency is the possession of the skill set, experience or aptitude to […]
Multi-Generational Churches
There is always the debate about what is the most effective strategy for reaching new people, change an existing church or simply start a new one with its own unique culture. In my opinion both have their strengths and weaknesses, so the decision should depend upon the context. There are several things I have noticed […]
Busyness
I always receive the highest evaluation scores when I speek on the subject of how to set personal priorities for own life. The major point of my presentation is that we are all overscheduled because of the wireless connected culture we live in today and we must find a way to say no to many […]
Integrity
The battle for our personal character is won or lost based on our integrity. This means that there can be no hypocrisy between what we say we believe is important and what we actually are doing on a daily basis. It is more than simply walking your talk becasue your talk is based on truth […]
Weaknesses
All of us have them but the real question from a personal and professional leadership standpoint is what should we do about them? In the old days of positional leadership everyone was encouraged to work on improvement in every area so they could be the best overall leader possible. Of course if our weaknesses are […]