by Darren Ethier (@nerrad)
I read an interesting article a couple weeks ago about a little known guy named Ron Wayne who is actually one of the founders of Apple Computers. You can read the article for the details on his story but it was fascinating to read some of the comments from this guy who sold away […]
As promised here are some wrap-up thoughts (albeit I got this published a bit later than I originally intended!) on the 2010 PAOC General Conference that I had the privilege of attending this year. I’m so grateful for the opportunity granted to me by my church family that made it possible for my wife and […]
Sorry for the delay in making these posts folks. Here’s my notes from the final session at the 2010 PAOC General Conference. Ed Stetzer was the speaker and I was really looking forward to hearing him speak because I’ve been a reader of his blog for quite a while. Sometime this week I’ll write the […]
I attended the breakout session with my lead pastor (Marshall Eizenga) to hear Wayne Cordeiro again. Wayne expanded further on what he had talked about the previous evening in the general session. Really. Good. Stuff. Here are the notes I took: Whose cage are you tapping and who is pacing you right now? you […]
Dr. Wayne Cordeiro is senior pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii. I was really looking forward to hearing his message – and I was not disappointed! Remember, for the first few posts in this series I’m just posting the raw notes – in the last post of this series I will summarize […]
I was just reading about American Shaun White’s gold medal run on the halfpipe on Monday and there’s one thing that stands out to me about his performance: after securing a gold medal with his first run he went all out in his second. He didn’t have to. He could’ve just walked down the pipe for […]
One of the things I’ve chosen to work on as part of the staff at my church is raising the profile of volunteers and developing ways for people to find on-ramps to serving in our church. Any person doing this will tell you that it’s not an easy task. Still it’s one I relish in […]
[credit: Looking Glass] A great leader does four things and does four things well (by the way, I’m not saying this is all that a great leader does!). Inspire For some this comes naturally – the ability to inspire others by what is said but even more by what that leader does. For other leaders […]
In “Reflections of the Psalms” (chapter 2), C.S. Lewis writes: Did we pretend to be ‘hurt’ in our sensitive and tender feelings (fine natures like ours are so vulnerable) when envy, ungratified vanity, or thwarted self-will was our real problem? Such tactics often succeed. The other parties give in. They give in not because they […]
The last speaker I want to share about from my Catalyst experience was Andy Stanley. He was the first speaker for Catalyst and the one that wrapped things up. Andy talked about cultivating a healthy staff culture. Why? Because, Your church and your church culture should be the healthiest organizational culture in your city. Here’s […]