It’s been a few weeks. I have been buried in prep for THE NINES. So far I think I have previewed and watched 130 videos. Gotta start winnowing now.
I think the Kansas City Paper had a good article on ministry to Sex Offenders.
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/07/31/2120223/with-open-arms-and-open-eyes-churches.html
Very important issue for the future of churches.
My friend and co-author Bill Easum did a blog on first time visitors over at Church Consultations.
http://churchconsultations.com/fileadmin/NExt_Level/Audio-Video/FirstTimeVisitors.mp4
Most churches drop the ball there.
A closer look at the interracial marriage statistics
http://nortonbooks.typepad.com/everydaysociology/2010/08/a-closer-look-at-interracial-marriage-statistics.html - Do I think our society is more “mixed” than ever? Absolutely. Is this a good thing? Yes. But it ain’t quite there where its promoters think it is just yet.
(HT: @praxishabitus)
This used to come up a lot in our Senior Pastor Forums. Seven ways to say no:
HBR had this on hiring Senior Executives:
http://blogs.hbr.org/ashkenas/2010/08/how-to-hire-senior-executives.html
Change Executive to Pastor and it still works.
I didn’t go to the Global Leadership Summit but this blog gives you some great insights from it. Fantastic piece of work.
http://www.timschraeder.com/category/notes/willow-creek-global-leadership-summit-2010/ -
I know a lot of folks saw the Wall Street Journal slam on “hipster churches” – here is one of the responses from @heretolead, one of the church’s mentioned in the article. Michael is in our current Next Generation Leadership Community too.
http://www.heretolead.com/?p=4702
I would spell Michael’s whole name up there but I always get it wrong. I am so happy his twitter name is easy.
Tom Peters built this list of “Five Words of Advice” and it is BRILLIANT – a few:
4 most important words: "What do you think?" (Dave Wheeler @ tompeters.com: "Most important 4 words in organization")
4 most important words: "How can I help?" (Boss as CHRO/Chief Hurdle Removal Officer)
Go read all of them here: http://www.tompeters.com/dispatches/011757.php?rss=1
@ToddRhoades of our staff pointed out this one on the difference between i.e. and e.g. I think it is brilliant in substance and presentation: http://ht.ly/2oV4x
John Ortberg is blogging on “the problem of depth” over at http://johnortberg.com/ - and I think he is right on so far. Depth is an issue at most churches. But sometimes we want everyone to be the same. I might have to blog on that later.
And I think Jenni Catron nailed it on Leadership in this post http://www.jennicatron.tv/2010/08/11/the-trap-of-being-needed/
Do the hard things that are hidden. That is real Leadership.
OK, do me a favor. Remember my friend Brian Kluth in the passing of his wife Sandi after a long battle. See his web site though for some stewardship resources.(http://www.kluth.org/) And pray for Danny and Jensine for me as they have some real health challenges. Thanks
Dave Travis
Managing Director
Leadership Network
@davetravis
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