A boring question that’s really creative

A boring question that’s really creative

A few weeks ago I joked to the missional church group I lead that we were going to start with a really creative question this time. Then I went on to ask the same question we open the group with every week: “How did you experience God this week?” Every single week we...
Virtual team success

Virtual team success

Virtual Team Success: A Practical Guide for Working and Leading from a Distance by Richard Lepsinger and Darleen DeRosa is an excellent resource if you need to work with virtual or decentralized teams.  It’s researched-based and practical.  Having worked with virtual...
Quarter-inch holes

Quarter-inch holes

You may have heard this quote by Harvard marketing professor Theodore Levitt:  “People don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole!”  The idea is that when people buy something, they don’t necessarily want the product itself; they want a...
Meet Dave

Meet Dave

I want to introduce you to Dave DeVries. Dave is a contributor on my soon-to-be-released book, The Missional Journey, sharing his wisdom and learnings from his own ministry experience. I’ve always been a big believer in collaborative projects because I find the...