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It Matters Who is Around You
Any leader worth his/her salt will tell you that who is around them makes all the difference. The team you build, the leaders who work alongside of you will make or break you. For many pastors, being...
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This Weekend: Completion, Critics & Continuation
This Saturday at Revolution will be a transition of sorts we continue our series in the book of Nehemiah. Chapters 1 – 6 and 13 are believed to be from Nehemiah’s personal journal and we will wrap up...
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Meet the Revolution Staff
This past Saturday, I got to talk about how Revolution is structured and what the means. I am incredibly blessed to have so many great leaders to work with. Without these leaders buying into the...
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Leaders Who Last
Just wrapped up Leaders who Last by Dave Kraft. Well worth the time. Over the past year as I have had friends and collegaues fall out of ministry or quit and as other more well known pastors have quit...
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Sticky Teams
Sticky Teams by Larry Osborne might be one of the best and most thorough books I’ve ever read on church leadership. Osborne has been a pastor at the same church for 30 years and Sticky Teams is what he...
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Do What Only You Can Do
All leaders are the same. They all have strengths. They all have weaknesses. Many leaders and churches want to focus on weaknesses and figure out ways to improve on them. Ironically, this makes sense...
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Letting Go
It seems like the older I get, the more I have to let go of. It is this way physically. The older you get, the less you can do and you have to let go. It takes longer to recover from a long run than...
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Revolution’s Reach Outside of Tucson
One of the dreams of Revolution is not only to change the city we are in, Tucson, but to change the state and beyond. Over the weekend I got an email I thought I’d share with you to show how that is...
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How to Keep People from Serving
I was talking to a friend the other day and he was asking me a question all pastors wrestle with. And that is, what to do and what to give away to other staff or volunteer leaders. He was sharing how...
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Don’t Say No For Someone
One thing I have noticed in the lives of pastors and those who are on church staff is a fear when it comes to volunteers and delegation. I understand where it comes from and appreciate it (because I...
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How a Staff Supports a Lead Pastor
Ron Edmondson is doing a great series of blogs on being a lead pastor and understanding the role and how leaders can support them (you can read his first part here). In his second post, he talks about...
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Pictures of a Follower of Jesus: Farmer
Saturday was part 2 of our Ultimate Fighter series. In 2 Timothy 2, Paul gives 3 pictures of what a follower of Jesus is to be like. The first is a soldier. The second is an athlete. And the third is...
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You Rock
Last night we had our volunteer appreciation dinner. What a night. The theme of the night was “You Rock.” We (as the staff team) even sang a song with the same title about what our volunteers do and...
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Saturday Afternoon Book Review: Take the Lid off Your Church
Just finished reading Tony Morgan’s new book Take the lid off your church. What I love about Tony’s books is how short they are. This one clocks in at about 30 minutes to read it. In it, he answers...
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Tuesday Morning Book Review || Into the Storm
Every Tuesday morning, I review a book that I read recently. If you missed any, you can read past reviews here. This week’s book is Into the Storm (kindle version) by Dennis Perkins. I reviewed his...
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How to Build a Team
If you are a leader, one of the most important things you will ever do will have to do with the team you build around yourself. It doesn’t matter if you are paid, volunteer, if you work at a church or...
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