I’ve spent a lot of time this summer processing the concepts of management and leadership and how they are often assumed to be the same thing, yet I’ve learned them to be two extremely different things. Last week at Catalyst Andy Stanley said: Managers manage to sameness, leaders lead to change. One of my favorite [...]

I got home at 2am on Saturday morning from Seattle, so this post is going up on Sunday because I didn’t want to write at 2am. Surprising right? I have only missed one week in the last 2 years, so a day late seemed better than skipping. Rose and I have had a wonderful August, [...]

Yesterday I had the chance to go to Catalyst One Day in Seattle. Catalyst is well-known for putting on great events and this was no exception. I especially enjoyed the format of everything fitting into one day. My previous conference experiences had always been around at least two days, and anything longer than a day [...]

A few weeks ago Relevant magazine ran a story about the sacred and secular that spoke to the delineation between the two and how many secular songs are also worship songs. The supreme current example of secular songs written to and/or about God is “Awaken My Soul” by Mumford and Sons. I love the song, [...]

Last night I drove by my watershed moment. It happened 5 years ago this week. Driving from Anaheim to Salem (a 14 hour trip usually) with my then girlfriend, I was 30 minutes from home at 4am when I fell asleep behind the wheel. I woke up driving through a construction zone hitting pylon after [...]

Yes, it is that time again. Fantasy football time. Our new national past time. Yes I made that up. As of right now there are 7 spots left, but I could expand the league beyond that if there are enough people who want in on the action. We do fantasy football the whole way with [...]