Category: Leadership
Moneyball and church…

True enough I’m a little behind in my movie watching having just watched Courageous last night (you should have seen the looks of people that automatically assumed I must have watched it the first night it came out when told that I hadn’t seen it…) and Moneyball today, both after they came out on DVD. Being a baseball guy I [...]

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Two Biggest Mistakes Many Leaders Make

As leaders we are all prone to make mistakes from time to time. It happens and can be expected. We are only human after all. I love the quote, “Even the best of men are at best, men.” That applies to us all. As men we will drop the ball, we will mess up, and we will let people down. [...]

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Day 1 of Catalyst Dallas

I’m not going into too much detail (it’s after midnight and it’s been a long day) but I would definitely have to say that the “lab day” at Catalyst Dallas was well worth it. The main session speakers (Scot McKnight and Mark Batterson) were very engaging, and all of the lab session speakers were right on the money. More than [...]

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Kemmons Wilson’s 20 Tips for Success- What do YOU think?

In case you’ve never heard the name Kemmons Wilson, don’t worry, you’re probably not alone. Wilson was the founder of the Holiday Inn chain of hotels. Wilson initially came up with the idea after a family road trip to Washington, D.C., during which he was disappointed by the quality and consistency provided by the roadside motels of that era. The [...]

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Busy week at RightNow conference

Ok, I had two choices this week- post something everyday about my experience at the RightNow conference and be like everybody else or not post anything this week about it, process everything over the weekend, and then post about it next week. It’s no secret which option I chose (I took the easy way out…). I will tell you this [...]

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What your church can learn about vision from Pete Rose (as told by Dave Collins)

Earlier today as I was picking up some things for my wife from Walmart I was checking voice mail and realized I had missed a call from a good friend of mine Dave Collins. It was great hearing from Dave because I hadn’t talked to him in a while. You may remember him as the “fastest white man in baseball” [...]

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18 things golf has taught me about life…

For those of you that know me you know I love golf and am still very involved in junior golf. Over the years I’ve hosted a junior golf radio show and published several junior golf magazines. One of the reasons I love golf so much is because of what it can teach you about yourself and about life. Here are [...]

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