Cole and I hooked up with Alex Alexander from Lake Hills Church for a good talkin’ shop session this morning. I love this guy and have admired him since the day I met him, even though he called me a “bulldog” this morning…Alex, what if I called you “Same Name Same Name?”

He does the same thing for LHC that I do here at our church – everything.

Talking with Alex today helped Cole and I make some decisions. We’re changing our Mother’s Day message, making some adjustments to our Connection 101 Church Membership Class, and dreaming about our next hire. We are wayyyy overdue on getting some more pastoral staff!

As our church grows and we enter new territory that is foreign to me, I feel the need to network and hook up with guys like Alex who are just a little further down the road than we are and who are gracious enough to share about their journey.

I don’t ever want to reach a point as a pastor, or in my personal life, where I think I have it all down. I can learn something from everyone. And we have a long way to go at TCC! Whenever I stop reading, listening to other pastors and don’t network with other leaders I get discouraged. I want to always tap in to the collective wisdom of other people who are much wiser than me.

I know too many pastors who create for themselves the pressure of having to come up with every new idea -THAT robs you of your joy fast.

To Alex and everyone who has poured their life into mine, thank you.  Its nice to be a leader and have someone to follow at the same time.