Tour Guides

Tour Guides

A good leadership principle: Only lead people where you have been or are willing to go. I desire to be the type of leader that I will follow without question into battle. That requires trust, confidence, and the awareness that my leader will do or has done anything he has asked of me. There are too many leaders that have that “do as I say and not as I do”...

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I’m Contradicting Myself

I’m Contradicting Myself

Disclaimer: These are just my personal thoughts and something I derived from my church planting experiences.  I’m not claiming that this is from the Bible, but this is something I am processing.  However, all because something isn’t  exactly in the Bible doesn’t mean that it’s anti-biblical.   As we continue to pray hard and work hard...

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Not Wanting a Better Life

Not Wanting a Better Life

I wish I had some more time to unpack this, but I know I need to keep blog post short and not be a long winded pastor…lol But, here it is: I don’t want a better life. Through taking personal inventory in my life and helping others through counseling, I’ve found that when the goal is to have a better life, we sometimes get to a place where the ends...

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Control Issues

Control Issues

One tool that a leader should never use is manipulation. I can’t say that as a leader the temptation of using your authority for personal advance isn’t there, but we need to fight it at all cost. Manipulation happens when we use our cunning skills or authority against another person to make the situation or circumstance learn towards our favor....

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The Eyes of Leadership

The Eyes of Leadership

A great story from John 1:43-50, speaks about a man named Nathaniel who was approached by a recently recruited disciple named Phillip. Phillip, who I believe was excited about his new chapter with Jesus, found Nathaniel to tell him about this Jesus of Nazareth. Nathaniel’s famous response of familiarity was, “Nazareth (the place where Jesus was from)...

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