I came to a realization my last few months working at a church. I realized I was basically unnecessary. I got scared at first, knowing I’d be leaving the church. “I hope they can find someone to do what I do.” My work had become so engrained in the culture of the church, I knew…
There seem to be locations where I get things done, and locations where I slack off. It’s truly tied to the location how much I can get done. If I’m in a spot where I’m motivated, I can get more done in 1 hour than all day in a slacking off place. I found out…
To get the context of this blog you’ll need to visit PastorFashion.com. Please reserve your judgment though, otherwise you’ll be walking into a blog post you won’t be happy about. I’ve been in far too many conversations about this site already. Almost all negative. The problem is, it’s not our place to criticize. Unfortunately, social…
I spend about three hours every morning wandering around the internet and blogging. Then I eat lunch. Then I spend a few more hours doing the same thing. Ya. My life is pretty fascinating. I read a lot. I watch TV. I cook. You can see why I might be tempted to make my life…
“He’s a favor magnet.” That’s what my new friend Kelvin said about our mutual friend, Ryan. It’s true. The guy somehow goes to huge playoff games almost nightly and gets invited to almost every conference…for free. Ryan’s truly a favor magnet. But I don’t think his favorish magnetism is undeserved. He’s earned it. By giving…
I get grumpy. It happens. And grumpy isn’t exactly the most useful emotion for the creative process. Plus, grumpiness doesn’t bode well for maintaining healthy relationships. So sometimes we need to get those pesky emotions in check and get back to creating (and treating our loved ones sweetly). I’m not an expert on emotional stability.…
It always shocks me when I see innovative companies dying. Look at Yahoo! (I’m not commanding you. I just didn’t know if I could add a period after an exclamation point.) They were once my search engine of choice. Then Google came along. Yahoo tried to keep up for a while but slowly faded into…
When was the last time you saw a brilliant invention and thought, “I could have done that.” Probably yesterday? It’s an extremely common sentiment. We see something so brilliantly simple and realize that’s well without our reach to create something like that. Yet we didn’t. Why is that? Obviously, skill isn’t the apex of creativity.
At the Catalyst Dallas conference on Wednesday I was shooting the breeze with a great organization. I love talking strategy and brainstorming, so I was trying to help them get more response at their booth. How do we get pastors to come to the booth and use this company’s products? During the discussion I had…
Yesterday I had a bit of a breakdown. I just moved to Dallas and was leading a caravan of cars across the city…driving a U-haul. I hate U-hauls. Between peak-hour Dallas traffic, spending way too much money at Ikea, and missing my Time Warner Cable appointment…I was stressed. I’m not proud to say a little…