Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead. This scarcity makes leadership valuable. If everyone tries to lead all the time, not much happens. It’s discomfort that creates the leverage that makes leadership worthwhile. In other words, if everyone could do it, they would, and it wouldn’t [...]
Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
Discomfort
April 5, 2010
Scandalous: The Cross and The Resurrection of Jesus
April 1, 2010
I’ve been reading D.A. Carson’s new book Scandalous: The Cross and The Resurrection of Jesus this week. I am actually using his points from chapter 1 “The Ironies Of The Cross” for our Good Friday message tomorrow. Love D.A. Carson and am excited to share.
Real Faith
May 21, 2009
”Real faith is dynamic. it’s controversial. It’s dangerous. It’s constantly growing. It asks challenging questions. It involves mystery. You can’t put it in a box. You can’t keep it quiet. You can’t outgrow it. You can’t out-dream it. It’s more focused on others than it is on itself. Real faith gives me peace but makes [...]
Titles
May 4, 2009
I was able to read the book SERVOLUTION by Dino Rizzo on our way home from North Carolina last week. I loved it. If you’re looking to be inspired by a church and community that is impacting people by serving, then this is a book for you. It was amazing to read how Dino and [...]
The Power Of The Internet
February 23, 2009
I know that’s not new news. This is coming from a guy who did the majority of his degree online. The internet is a powerful thing… I just finished dinner and we had a little argument over if something was true or not. Where did we go to find our immediate answer? You guessed it! [...]
Two Pretty Cool People
February 8, 2009
Being apart of the Critical Thinkers Group was an honour. The cool thing about the whole experience is that I got to meet some fantastic people. A couple shout outs… One to Rob Ketterling. He was our table leader and he’s the planter and pastor of River Valley Church in Minnesota. He’s also on the [...]
Wild Goose Chase – The Cage Of Responsibility
December 30, 2008
For Christmas, Heather and I bought our EMG leaders the book Wild Goose Chase by Mark Batterson. This book had the biggest impact on my life this year and I thought it was important to share this with our team. So… for the next number of months we are working through it together! For the [...]
What I’m Reading
July 19, 2008
No baby yet! We’re waiting.. It’s hard! We want her to come. Here’s what I’m reading this week! Vintage Jesus by Mark Driscoll The Multi-Site Church Revolution by Geoff Surrat and friends Epicenter by Joel Rosenberg (this one will keep you up at night)
Making Vision Stick
July 10, 2008
Today I took a few minutes to read through Andy Stanley’s book Making Vision Stick. Here’s a summary. Making Vision Stick – Andy Stanley “When the leader blames the follower for not following, the leader has ceased to lead.” How To Make Vision Stick 1. State The Vision Simply “If it’s a mist in the [...]
Pagan Christianity
July 8, 2008
Earlier this year I read the book Pagan Christianity by Frank Viola and George Barna. To be honest, after reading the entire book, I am surprised that George Barna attached his name to this. At any rate, Ben Witherington is doing a chapter by chapter response to this book on HIS BLOG. Witherington knows Viola [...]
