“Leaders are learners.” This universal leadership truth sees pastors and other church leaders constantly looking for the best books and other resources to stretch their thinking. Recently, I gathered with a group of lead pastors from six of Canada’s largest and most influential churches. One of the questions asked was, “What are you reading these…
If You Could Ask One Question…
When I told my friends on Twitter that I’d be spending the next couple of days with the lead pastors from six of Canada’s most influential churches, I mentioned that if anyone was interested I’d take their leadership questions into the meeting and report back. Boy, was there interest! This morning, as the breakfast dishes…
Oh Canada, What a Responsibility
As I prepare for the last leg of my journey, which has seen me connecting with international church leaders in Frankfurt, Germany and here in Atlanta, GA, I make my way home with two powerful symbols dominating my thinking. The first, and by far most important, is the cross. At every turn I was confronted…
A Dream for Year-Round Leadership Development
I’ve just emerged from our annual Willow Creek Association International Council meetings in Frankfurt, Germany, where we poured enormous energy into looking at how to extend the impact of our annual leadership conference, The Leadership Summit. These three days have left me with an even greater sense of resolve as to my core beliefs about…
Urgency Renewed…at 37,000 Feet
I’m somewhere over the north Atlantic en route from Calgary to Frankfurt in the middle of the night. The Air Canada A330 lights are dimmed. We’re supposed to be sleeping now. The in-flight entertainment system has crashed. I’ll have to find out later who wins the Frost-Nixon debate. I should be sleeping. But instead, my…
