vision clarity

I recently went through the book of Acts in my Bible reading time. Love reading about the early church – who they were, how they functioned, how they reached people. And one of the the patterns I noticed was the lack of patterns. I don’t see much of a “model for ministry” appearing. Compare Peter’s…

A river is a river because it has boundaries. It’s the boundaries, which constrict the river, that give it momentum and power. Will Mancini says without banks, a river isn’t a river, it’s a puddle. For a church (or business), values are the boundaries. Values are shared convictions. They’re what we’re passionate about. They guide…

Before Facebook went public this month, Mark Zuckerberg sent a letter to potential investors. In it he listed the five values that guide Facebook: Focus on Impact: Zuckerberg explained that Facebook employees do not waste time and concentrate on solving the most important problems that make the biggest difference.  Move Fast: Facebook employees are to…

A Vision co::Lab is a unique six-month training process born from the deep conviction that God wants every church to thrive through having a stunningly unique vision and model of ministry. I’ll be leading an Auxano virtual co::Lab starting June 26. Perhaps the best investment you can make in your church is investing in clarity.…

I recently re-watched Walk The Line, the biography of Johnny Cash. I love the now famous scene where a young, before-he-was-famous Johnny Cash plays a song for music producer Sam Phillips. It’s a gospel song that sounds like every other gospel song on the radio. Phillips challenges Cash, saying: If you was hit by a…