Development

Maturity is Contextual

January 23, 2012

Have you felt like there were some situations or places where you really felt like you were growing? Strong, healthy, empowered? And then maybe you also find yourself in other situations or places, but you don’t feel like those descriptions are true. Maybe there are places or situations where you find yourself weak, anxious, powerless, [...]

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Why You Need More Than Speed

October 12, 2011

When you are evaluating talent or leadership potential, does one particular skill set get you more excited than other things? This post was in the works for several months, but thought it would be a good follow up to the post a few days ago reflecting on my viewing of the movie Moneyball. Seven or [...]

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Because People Aren’t Transferable

September 15, 2011

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Future of Cru

This is post #1 in a short series on the future of Cru. I don’t aim to offer a thorough assessment of what the future holds for Cru, but I do aim to raise a few areas that require new thinking and change because frankly they’re holding us back. If you want some context or [...]

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Waiting, Timing, and Reward

September 14, 2011

My first post in the series I previewed will be coming shortly, but I’ve been thinking about waiting. Waiting is hard. A lot of time waiting is unnecessary and a passive excuse to avoid responsibility for making dreams happen. But sometimes we just have to wait and sit in the limitations of our capacity or [...]

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Leadership That Knows What You CAN’T Do

August 15, 2011

I heard an interview a few days ago from the NFL world that I found to be a clear and insightful description of leadership in helping others succeed. Former All-Pro receiver Cris Carter and current ESPN analyst offered this analysis in discussing what beleaguered wide receive Roy Williams was going to benefit from in returning [...]

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Five Postures Towards Ethnic Ministry (Mobile)

July 20, 2011

We released this article first at destinoyearbook.com. I wanted to re-post it here in a mobile phone compatible format and for those that might not have checked it out yet. To print or download this article as a pdf click on this link When you hear the phrase “Ethnic Minority Ministry” or “Ethnic Ministry” what [...]

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My New Favorite Word: Meta-Cognitive

July 6, 2011

I came across the word “meta-cognitive” in my reading of Jeannine Brown’s book Scripture as Communication. Here’s how she used it in context, Poetry is meta-cognitive; it does more, not less, than communicate on a cognitive level. (Kindle version, Loc 1578-79) Meta-cognitive is what my wife wants me to be when we’re having conflict. Meta-cognitive [...]

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Why I Celebrated the 4th and Am Glad I Did

July 4, 2011

The fourth of July is fun. Since becoming a parent it’s become a fun holiday because there’s parades and fireworks and it’s fun family time. This year I found it interesting to consistently be seeing things from two extreme perspectives. One, being those that equate America as being a Christian nation and argue that everything [...]

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Those Who Make Them Become Like Them

June 17, 2011

One of my unique interests is observing the impact on organizations and systems upon personal and leadership formation. That’s a lot of fancy words for saying I pay a lot of attention to and I think a lot about what kind of impact the environments or cultures people are in have on those individual and [...]

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