The issue is: how do you engage the audience? And one of the things I talk to our communicators about is: The outline is great; the stories are great. But how do you engage them? How do you make it feel like we are on a journey, not you are just up there giving me information.

We ask our volunteers, "Do you work here?" They say, "Not yet."

If fear causes you to retreat from your dreams, you will never give the world anything new.

Leaders, if you allow wonder to shut down in you, you will shut it down in everyone around you.

Leaders fix things that are broken.

We don't drift into good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.

If you are a local church or non-profit, you live and die with volunteers.