Fear, Foolishness and Faithfulness

Faithfulness isn’t a complicated concept, but it is one that requires constant attention. Faithfulness is more than just doing the right thing.  It’s often about doing the brave thing…but not the stupid thing. As usual, Jesus said it best: “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the…

Culture, Vision and Strategy

Here are the two most important leadership truths I’ve learned since becoming a lead pastor: Culture eats vision for breakfast Vision without strategy creates a culture of apathy Culture eats vision for breakfast I don’t know who said it first, but I’ve heard it many times from different leadership thinkers…and I’ve thought about it constantly over the  last…