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.

Good excuses rarely collect dust. We use them, and use them, and use them.

Loyalty publicly results in leverage privately.

When your memories exceed your dreams, the end is near.

Only do what only you can do.

The leader who refuses to move until the fear is gone will never move. Consequently, he will never lead.

80% of your problems are not PEOPLE problems ... they are SYSTEM problems, because systems create the behaviors of people.