The following is a guest post from Dr. David Dunbar, President of Biblical Theological Seminary in Hatfield, PA. With these words St. Paul (1 Cor. 13:12) contrasts the limitations of our present spiritual vision and understanding with the fullness...
This continues our look at the book, The Starfish and the Spider. A champion is relentless in promotion a new idea.‚ Catalysts are charismatic, but champions take it to the next level.‚ A catalyst’s charisma has a sublety to it.‚ Catalysts...
This continues our look at the book, The Starfish and the Spider. According to the authors, the second of the five legs in a decentralized organization is the catalyst. This is a very important leg because this is a major part of the formation of...
Creating and Leading the Learning the Community. Part 1 of a 4 part series.‚ This series is based off a podcast I heard with Reggie McNeal Once the most learned person in the community and congregation was the pastor, with exceptions being maybe a...
Jesus’ birth is celebrated on December 25. While that most likely when he was born, it is the day we rejoice! And then Jesus was circumcised. And then he was officially named. When? On the eighth day. Eight days after Christmas? January 1. So...
We come now to the last temptation of Jesus that Eugene Peterson describes in his new book, The Jesus Way. The third temptation: rule the world. The devil wants to use Jesus to run the world, take charge of the world – ¢â‚¬Å“all the kingdoms...
This is a look at the second temptation of Jesus from Eugene Peterson¢â‚¬â„¢s new book, The Jesus Way: The second temptation: jump off the roof of the temple. The devil wants to use Jesus to dazzle the crowds of people on the street below with a...
We’ll be looking over the next few weeks at the book, The Starfish and the Spider.‚ To begin our discussion of this book, I want to list the eight principles of a decentralized system they describe in the book.‚ The are essential to our look...
Over the next few weeks we will spend some time working through The Big Idea: focus the message, multiply the impact. The book is part of the Leadership Network Innovation Series. It is written by Dave Ferguson, Jon Ferguson, and Eric Bramlett, who...
Made to Stick is a book that will help you communicate ideas. And the traits or principles that help us do that include Simplicity, Unexpectedness, Credibility, Concreteness, Emotions, and Stories. In this post, we will begin to look at Concreteness...