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This is from the Wall Street Journal Blog.  It’s about how the advertising industry understands habit formation.  Implications for your ministry or job? ********* “Ninety-nine hundredths of our activity is purely automatic,” the psychologist and philosopher William James famously wrote. “All of our life is nothing but a mass of habits.” James was pointing out [...]

“The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live.” – Leo Buscaglia Buscaglia was right. Risk is not only a part of life, it is one of life’s best [...]

“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” – Nelson Mandela Are you playing small with your life?  Truth be told, many people are.  Whether it’s an addiction to mediocrity or a fear of failing, too many [...]

The minute you stop moving, you start settling. If you stop pursuing better communication with your spouse, you are settling for the level of discourse you have now. If you stop reading books that stretch your mind, you are settling for the knowledge you have now. If you stop exercising, you are settling for the [...]

A few days ago I read an excellent article by Mark Batterson offering tips for high capacity leaders.  Batterson is the pastor of National Community Church, a thriving multisite church in the Washington D.C. area.  Over the years, I have apprenticed myself to him via his books and blog.  This article is a great example [...]

“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful.” — Edward R. Murrow, journalist

Inevitably, once you’ve clarified your values and beliefs, you’ll notice something: my behavior doesn’t always match my beliefs. For example, I might say I value family but if my schedule shows I’m hardly ever home, there is a gap between what I believe and how I behave.  In order to live authentically, something must change [...]

How does a person live with authenticity?  For starters, it begins with clarity in terms of what you believe.  What are your values?  Convictions?  Non-negotiables?  Authenticity means being true to the real you. Once you’ve clarified your beliefs and values, ask yourself this question: Does my behavior match my beliefs?

Over the last few days I’ve been watching online training videos from the Association of Related Churches.  ARC exists to help start churches that start churches.  The training videos feature Chris Hodges, senior pastor at The Church of the Highlands. Yesterday I watched a video entitled, “Teamwork Makes the Dream Work.”  At the end, the [...]

Scott Williams served as a key leader and Campus Pastor for LifeChurch.tv.  Now he is the Chief Solutions Officer for Nxt Level Solutions, a consulting company he founded to help businesses, non-profits and individuals with both internal and external growth.  Here is an article he wrote — “Four Reasons Leaders Fail” — that every leader [...]