As deputy CEO of Dubai Media and the youngest member of the United Arab Emirates parliament, Najla Al-Awadhi has quickly risen to prime leadership positions in a society that is still largely male-dominated. A graduate of the University of New Hampshire in the United States, she has been outspoken a...

Eugene Cho gives a list of Christian books that haven't yet been written, and hopefully never will be. Some of these are really good. Here are my favorites: Everyone Is Going To Hell Except Me - John MacArthur There’s No ‘U’ in Ministry: A Woman’s Guide - Mark Driscoll God’s Most Glorified When...

Today, Cranky Middle Manager Wayne Turmel talks to one of the great voices in leadership studies, Frances Hesselbein about leadership, Peter Drucker and her new book, The Organization of the Future 2. Oh and sorry about the size of the file, don’t know what’s going on with that….. ...

This week I'm thinking out loud about a subject that affects many of us in ministry.  Insecurity.  You can check out the first post here. God got my attention through a counseling experience I once had.  A woman in our church asked to meet with me during a difficult season in w...

This past Sunday I was standing at the back of the auditorium in our weekend service when my friend, Thane walked over to me. Thane's wife, Sarah, wrote, appears, and did her own voice-over for "My Story" (below). As Thane stood beside me, I listened, got choked up, then smiled, then choked up again...

Anyone who reads this blog knows that I have little patience for attempting to run churches by business principles. That’s been weighed in the scale and found wanting every time it’s been attempted. Last evening, as I was prepping for an interview I was to conduct with a supply chain exp...

Some months ago my friends at Leadership Network invited Larry Osborne, Greg Surratt, and myself to meet with young pastors of growing, larger churches over the course of a few days in one of LN’s numerous learning communities. It was a great time, and even though I was supposed to be a mentor pas...

…social networking sites and social media including FaceBook, Linkedin, and Twitter for cancer, heart attacks, lupus, dementia and more? As a sales performance specialist, author, speaker, and someone who loves connecting people; I’m one of the biggest proponents of networking and social...

Our entire Comm/Web/IT team recently retook the StengthsFinder test, this time using the new 2.0 version. (my prior results)  This is a very valuable tool that I’d encourage everyone to use…especially among your teams.  In fact it’s part of my hiring process … that’s how much weight I gi...

I'm posting this video clip from this past weekend for two audiences, two purposes. First, Granger Community Church attendees and members: If you missed the weekend, you missed this unapologetic recommendation from our senior pastor, Mark Beeson. Interested in an approach to your sexuality and relat...