Talent Isn’t Enough

Recently watched the documentary Pearl Jam 20 by Cameron Crowe (I love you Cameron Crowe!), and I thought it had a ton of lessons for church planters. Here’s one… Andrew Wood (singer for Mother Love Bone, which later kind of morphed into Pearl Jam) and Chris Cornel (singer for Soundgarden, and later Audioslave, and who…

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Vince Recommends…

I submit for your approval… the 5 step process Alex McManus suggests for accomplishing anything significant in life: Think Big Start Small Build On Success Pray Never Give Up Seems like common sense, but that process is anything but common. Most people think small, and many try to start big. Rather than searching for successes…

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Dream Speed Bumps

I’ve got big dreams for Verve; for how Verve can help hurting people in Las Vegas and bring God to people who think they could never have Him. If you know me you may think you know the dreams, but you don’t. I’m getting closer to revealing some, but right now they’re mostly just a…

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Shark Fishing

Something I shared at Vault:  Imagine a few friends decide they want to go deep sea fishing and catch sharks. These guys go to Wal-Mart, buy some poles, drive down to the marina, pick up some bait, get in their boat, drive out where some other people are fishing, and drop their lures. Fish start…

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Speak To, Speak For

Got to hear Erwin McManus speak a few times at the M Conference last week. One of the interesting things he talked about was the difference between speaking to people and speaking for people. The problem, he said, with a lot of pastors is that they’re trying to “reach” people they want to speak to,…

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