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At the recent Bishop’s Retreat, with guest Mike Slaughter, I picked up Mike’s book, Momentum for Life: Biblical Practices for Sustaining Physical Health, Personal Integrity, and Strategic Focus. I love that the book sprinkles references to the Psalms of Ascent (Psalms 120-134) throughout the book. And, using the acronym D.R.I.V.E., the book focuses on five … Read more
As I wrote last night, we are the Bishop’s Retreat in Lancaster, PA. Mike Slaughter has been our guest speaker in three sessions (last night, this morning, and this evening). I’ll do more in depth reflection later, but in the meantime, a few thoughts. This morning, Mike talked about a strategy for growing a missional … Read more
We are at the Bishop’s Clergy Retreat in Lancaster, PA. This year’s speaker is pastor of Ginghamsburg Church and author, Rev. Mike Slaughter. I’ve been looking forward to this week ever since we learned at last year’s retreat that Mike would be with us for this retreat. I’ve long been impacted by Mike. In fact, … Read more
As we began the new year, I started thinking about some keywords for the year. Here are some keywords that I hope will shape (and describe!) me this year … Passionate Hungry Disciplined Unsatisfied Teachable Obedient Tenacious Interestingly, these keywords are also forming the basis of the first sermon series of the new year at … Read more
This week, I was reminded of a list I once heard John Maxwell give. The list also appears in Maxwell’s book, Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work (which I wrote about it 2008). Maxwell says there are three times when people are willing to embrace change, when they … Read more
The last book we read/discussed for our monthly Matthew 28 peer group meeting was Deep Change: Discovering the Leader Within by Robert Quinn. It’s a good book, but one of the things that struck me was not even a major point in the book. Quinn briefly discusses the difference between a reactive person and a … Read more
This week, I’m re-reading Power Through Prayer, a small book written by E.M. Bounds in The Complete Works of E.M. Bounds on Prayer. This book has been influential in my life, especially in the early days of my spiritual journey. It has inspired a couple posts in the past, including It Takes 20 Years to … Read more
This is the seventh post (with one to go) in a series of posts I’ve been writing to engage Nancy Duarte‘s book, Resonate (see Communicate for Change, What I Like About the Book, The Presentation Form, Stories Transform Lives, The Big Idea, and S.T.A.R. Moments). A few years ago, I wrote a post on using … Read more
I’m nearing the end of my series on Nancy Duarte‘s book, Resonate (see Communicate for Change, What I Like About the Book, The Presentation Form, Stories Transform Lives, and The Big Idea). One of Duarte’s chapters is on S.T.A.R. moments, which stands for Something They’ll Always Remember. The S.T.A.R. moment should be a significant, sincere, … Read more
I have a few posts to go in my series on Nancy Duarte‘s book, Resonate (see Communicate for Change, What I Like About the Book, The Presentation Form, and Stories Transform Lives). As one who practices One-Point Preaching (see also 5 Years of One-Point Preaching), I was especially interested in what Duarte had to say … Read more