A leader is someone who has the courage to say publicly what everybody else is whispering privately. It is not his insight that sets the leader apart from the crowd. It is his courage to act and speak up when everyone else is silent....are those who would rather challenge what needs to change and pay the price than remain silent and die on the inside.

As a leader it is your job to protect the missional integrity of the Jesus gathering to which you have been called. It is your responsibility to see to it that the church under your care continues as a gathering of people in process; a place where the curious, the unconvinced, the skeptical, the used-to-believe and the broken, as well as the committed, informed and sold-out come together around Peter's declaration that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Without courage we will simply accumulate a collection of good ideas and regrets.

People who blame things rarely change things. Blame is an unassailable change-avoidance strategy.

Jesus doesn’t take sides; He takes over.

Leadership is stewardship, it's temporary and you're accountable!

Jesus did not come to be right. He came to make disciples.