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Clarifying your vision
Leaders must be able to effectively visioncast for a preferred future, and effective visioncasting—of course—starts with ourselves. In order to grow and develop our ministries in the right direction, we need to know where we’re headed. Often our best intentions are...
Trust the bike
Novice mountain bikers grab the handle bars tightly. They believe it will give them more control over the bike. What it actually gives them is a rough ride—there’s no room for the bounce. A looser grip on the handle bars allows room for the bike to bounce without...
Fuel up
One of the beauties of mountain biking is that it’s powered 100% naturally by old-fashioned muscle power: no gasoline necessary. But every form of motion requires fuel of some sort. Horses need hay, sailboats need wind. Muscles need calories and water. The best...
Don’t look at the cactus!
I love mountain biking. It’s probably my favorite pastime. Early in my mountain biking experience, I was riding at a regional park near my home. I was surprised to spot a group of cactuses up ahead and was worried about hitting them. I kept looking over at them,...
Now that’s something Jesus would do
I ran across a great example of incarnational ministry recently. There’s a Mennonite group in Colorado called New Horizons Ministry. They run a residential home that cares for the babies of women who are in prison. Women who give birth in prison are faced with some...
Planning for the unexpected
In Mexico, something seems to go significantly wrong almost every day. Miguel was one of my hosts on a recent trip. The motor mounts on his car were shot from all the speed bumps, so he got them replaced. Then the battery light came on. The next morning, the battery...
Just for fun
Saw this sign and loved it. Just had to take a picture and share it with you.
Teaching your team to listen
Relational health and harmony is extremely important when working with teams. To create and maintain that quality on your team, one of the most important skills you can learn—and teach—is to listen well. If you can learn that, then you can model good listening skills...
Five steps to leading a good meeting
Is there such a thing as a good meeting? My own definition of a good meeting is one that accomplishes what it’s supposed to accomplish. To lead that kind of a meeting, be sure to incorporate the steps below in your planning process. Decide on the purpose of the...
How to delegate
Specifically identify what tasks need to be delegated Choose people who seem like they might become good at those tasks Say clearly what needs to be done Give them the “what” but let them develop “how” they will accomplish the task Suggest any helpful resources...
The joys of delegation
Delegation means sharing the work. We can give some of our tasks to other people. Delegating spreads the workload more evenly and also helps other people develop their skills. As people get better at their new tasks, we can also allow them to make more of the...
Del Vio: the strong man
In much of the Hispanic world there’s a concept known as the “Del Vio”—the strong man. The Del Vio is the man who is in charge, the man who calls the shots. (And yes, it’s almost always a man.) We have a good dose of the Del Vio in non-hispanic parts of the United...