Tag Archive - Leadership

I’m Uncertain

I am so uncertain in life right now, its crazy.

  • We are transitioning out of the most amazing church ever to move to nothing. Uncertainty.
  • We are trying to do something creative where we pray a lot before even choosing the church name and catching enough flack for it that I’ve questioned the whole idea. Uncertainty.
  • My family has to sell our house, buy a house, rent…something. Uncertainty.
  • It is NOT a good time economically to do any of this. Uncertainty.
  • This is the super short list. I won’t whine any longer.

Andy Stanley told me something recently that really helped. He said “When the uncertainty of your job as a leader goes away, you’re no longer needed.”

WOW. Uncertainty is WHY we need leaders.

So I’m certain that I’ll always be uncertain. :)

If you think about it all of the Bible stories about God’s great leaders end with God showing up in a time of uncertainty.

And that is just about all I am certain of. God. I am certain we are doing what He has called us to do. I am certain of the vision. And I am certain that we are totally dependant on God.

What’s keeping you uncertain in your life?

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Catalyst One Day with Andy Stanley & Craig Groeschel

Live Blogging!

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Story with a Moral #1

A few weeks ago I came home one day and Amber immediately informed me that Couper had eaten a few stool softeners. We called my mom (she’s an RN) and she said not to worry that he’d be fine.

This had occurred much earlier in the day, so I was mystified to find out that Couper had not had a dirty diaper. It was date night and my mind quickly shifted to spending time with Amber. We took off for a night on the town leaving Couper with Alyssa, an amazing sitter that we use for date night.

When we returned Alyssa’s face looked to be filled with terror. I asked her if everything went alright. She replied, “Yeah, except he had a REALLY REALLY MEGA BAD diaper blow up!”

All I could do was burst out laughing.

Moral of the story? Don’t eat stool softeners and warn the baby sitter.

Or don’t…what the heck.

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I am Weak, I am Strong

Just some thoughts…

If you spend your life trying to be good at many things, you’ll nevere be great at a few things.

Society encourages us to be well-rounded and in doing so, inadvertently sets us up for lives of mediocrity.

When you strive to be the best in all areas you become a much less effective leader.

We teach “you can be anyone you want to be” when we ought to be teaching “you CANNOT be anyone you want to be but you can be a whole lot more of who you already are.”

It sounds backwards to our conditioned minds, but we have much more potential to develop and grow when we invest in our strengths rather than worrying about correcting our deficiencies.

If you stink with numbers why try to be an accountant? Why do we consider the American Dream to be taking the path of most resistance?

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