Wisdom on ‘commitment’ from Kurt Johnston
Found this in my Leadership folder in my Evernote stuff and wanted to pass these thoughts along in case you haven’t seen them. It’s from Kurt Johnston, who by the way is A LOT shorter in person than you may think from the Simply Jr. High Podcast he does, but great thoughts none the less. [...]
Hypocritical leadership
Just heard a great line in the movie ‘Love and Basketball‘. It was a son talking to his dad after finding out his dad had been a hypocrite the whole time he was raising the son. He said: “Why couldn’t you be the man you’re trying to make me be.” This reminded me of students [...]
Questions for every Student Ministry Part 1
Do we have a clear, elevating goal that compels people to serve? THE 3 KEY WORDS: 1. CLEAR 2. ELEVATING 3. COMPELLING ~Is what you’re asking of your leadership teams clear? ~Is the trajectory you’re leading people going up, flatlined, or declining? ~Does it compel people into action Question is from : ~Carl E. Larson [...]
Where do you gather?
I often think about the different places we “gather” and why they matter so much. Places we hang out, places we make memories, places we go to share our lives. Above is a picture of one our my teams gathering places. This is the “Ding Dong”! Jeff’s got a few pieces of killer furniture in [...]
The teammate who gets no love
One of the most productive members of my team never gets any credit but as far as I’m concerned deserves all my credit. So much so, that im writing a blog post about it. The teammate is pictured below. Can u guess the teammate? Yep u guessed right! It’s my trusty 17inch Macbook Pro! Poor [...]
From a veteran Worship Leader
FOUND THIS OVER HERE. It’s a good and interesting read. Bob Kauflin wrote: “I remember when 55 seemed really old. Right now it feels like the prime of life. What does a 55 year old worship leader think about? Here’s a sample… 1. The years I have left for fruitful ministry are dwindling. Used to be I [...]
Branding should…
(We used the ‘Dirty Jobs’ brand to talk to our students about Mission Trips) I read recently about what branding really is and what it should do and it reminded me of why we changed the name of our student ministry to GSM (Granger Student Ministry). The article said, “Branding should…” 1. IDENTIFY YOU AND [...]
Can you separate these two?
Been thinking about a handful of leadership things. Trying to figure out how to separate talent and skill. (through more than mere definition) I’ve boiled it down to this: (I could be wrong but it’s how I see it now) ~Talent is natural ~Skill is developed over time through relentless training. (this is what most [...]
Leadership: Doing life together makes it easier
I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership stuff over the last two weeks and I’ve been recalling lots of things that make the task of leadership challenging and fun. This morning all I can think about is the reality of where I’m leading now. I’m not the captain of the Notre Dame Football Team anymore, [...]
The reasons I do evaluations
In churches we don’t like to do evaluations sometimes because people feelings can get hurt, but what about the other side, what if our people are knocking the ball out of the park and we never see it because we never take the time to evaluate them. I’m not a huge fan of hard metric [...]
