Recently Neil Cole reminded me of an important principle of mine: the danger of writing beyond your experience. I believe we should only write about something after it’s been proven in more than one context. It’s easy to get ahead of ourselves when we have a great...
One of my favorite mottos from many years ago is this: start small, go deep, think big. I’ve found over time that this approach leads to quality multiplication. Too often we want to start big before something has been field-tested. Or we want to skip over the going...
I’ve been in the final process of getting my most recent book, The Missional Journey, off to the printers. As part of that process, the following endorsement came in, and I wanted to share it here: “When German Christians read (another) American book on church...
Shortly after my church planting workbook came out many years ago, I happened to be at the mission headquarters office when a call came in from a guy in Germany. He said, “I hope it’s okay, but I took the liberty of translating your workbook and wanted to field test...
When you’re field testing something new, and it seems to be working effectively, the next thing you need to do is hand it over to someone else to let them do it without your involvement and see if it still works. I’ve done this on a number of occasions only to find...
Keith Shields, one of my north-of-the-border Canadian friends, has been working with Logan Leadership as a coach mentor since 2010. Lately he’s been doing some thinking about vocation and the interruptions of life, informed by his reading of Martin Luther, Dietrich...
