Ongoing support: along the trail

Ongoing support: along the trail

Note: part of a series from From Followers to Leaders.  See Feb 21 blog entry for backstory. Even after people have started out along the path and we’ve provided some on-the-job training, we’ll still need to provide continuing support. The challenges our leaders will...
Show-how training: beginning of the trail

Show-how training: beginning of the trail

Note: part of a series from From Followers to Leaders.  See Feb 21 blog entry for backstory. To the degree that learning content doesn’t incorporate experience, it begins losing value. Conversely, learning that incorporates experience is exponentially more...
Orientation: the trailhead

Orientation: the trailhead

Those who decide in the parking lot that this journey sounds like a good idea will move on to the trailhead. We might expect that once people have left the parking lot and decided to hike the path, they would just get on the trail and start going. Not so. It seems we...
Motivation: the parking lot

Motivation: the parking lot

Note: part of a series from From Followers to Leaders.  See Feb 21 blog entry for backstory. The parking lot is the decision-making place. It’s not somewhere people want to stay and hang out. It’s the place where people make up their minds about whether they want to...
The path

The path

Below is an excerpt from my book From Followers to Leaders that lays out one of my favorite metaphors—the path. The path is about the process of getting where you want to go… wherever that may be. Over the next few days, we’ll look in more depth at each stage of the...

A Word from Wisconsin: Discipleship vs. Discipling

Today some thoughts from Brian Williamson, Lead Pastor of The Bridge Bible Church, a decentralized networked approach in Somerset, WI. Their church’s vision is to lead everyone toward full life development in Jesus through missional communities. “We’ve benefited from...