The annual Easter egg hunt in Colorado Springs had to be cancelled this year because of bad behavior. It wasn’t the kids that were behaving badly though.  It was the parents. Parents jumped the gun and broke over the barriers so their children could get extra candy. The rule-following parents who waited for the actual start of the egg hunt, lost out.  The hunt was over in seconds.  No candy for you. It’s funny what parents will do for their kids. Even for a piece of candy. As leaders, sometimes its easy for us to jump the line.  I mean, we see the candy.  It’s in plain site....

I saw an interesting notice on Vimeo last night. It said “We built you a new Vimeo.  Want to give it a try?” The two options were:  ”Try it Now”, and “I Hate Change”. As church leaders, that’s the choice that many people make as we make changes at our churches. We all know people that will give the change a try, and those that will kick and scream because they hate change. As leaders, the people who will give it a try are a blessing.  Those that hate change can be a curse… in fact, I’ve seen many a pastor’s demise by one or more people who...

Much has been made of Baseball star Josh Hamilton’s ‘falling off the wagon’ last week. Hamilton, who has struggled with drug and alcohol addictions, had a week moment last week when he had some drinks at a Texas bar. To his credit, Hamilton handled things very nicely (in my opinion).  Hamilton has the eyes of the world on him and his Christian faith. Without prompting (and with no script), Hamilton called a press conference to deal with the issue. Here’s part of what he said: After the statement, Hamilton kept his commitment to speak with a church group, at which time, he...

As shepherds, we are to lead the people. But what happens when the sheep don’t have a leader? Here’s a great picture of what happens when there is poor leadership: Have you ever been a part of a church that is going nowhere? Are you leading your sheep in a circle? Please… take your sheep SOMEWHERE today.

Some of Seth Godin’s posts are the shortest. This one had me thinking this morning. Here’s the concept:  We all say that we’re ok to fail.  It’s ok if we try something new and it doesn’t work out ok… we’ll just try something else. But very few of us are willing to risk anything in the process, other than a little bit of time or money. Here’s a quote Seth shares from David Chang: “We’re hoping to succeed; we’re okay with failure. We just don’t want to land in between.” Seth’s response: He’s serious. Lots of...