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.

T-shirts create a sense of "We". Food says, "We don't mind spending money on you."

Your character is who you really are.

Blame is a change-avoidance strategy.

No matter how rich or poor you might feel, right now is the time to be generous.

Try to do for the next generation of church leaders what the previous generation of church leaders has not done for you.

One of the most difficult tasks of visioneering is distinguishing between good ideas and God ideas.