Next Entries →

From the category archives:

People

Know Your People

Life-on-life

Last night I witnessed some excellent old-fashioned leadership at Timber Creek High School’s Awards Night. Following the opening fanfare, principal John Wright rose to introduce the “Leaders of the Pack.” Out of a graduating senior class of 1,000 and a high shool with an enrollment of 4,500, these 16 or so Timber Creek Wolves were [...]

Share this post:
  • email
  • RSS
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Bookmarks

Tagged as: knowing people

0 comments Read the full article → May 2, 2008

John Mott on Establishing Movements

Leadership

This is a long post, and well worth our time to digest. John Mott, global Christian statesman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for developing volunteer Protestant movements, distills the essence of Christian movement-building for us. If you feel lost in emerging- missional- organic- apostolic- leader/follower-speak, Mott will refresh you. LESSONS I [...]

Share this post:
  • email
  • RSS
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Bookmarks

Tagged as: foundations, John Mott, movement

3 comments Read the full article → January 26, 2008

Korea: Now It Only Takes 27 Hours…

Movements

When Hudson Taylor left England for China 140-odd years ago, the boat ride took 23 weeks. And he went alone. At 21 years old. How times have changed. That’s Keith Bubalo (check out his blog) and me waiting for bags at the Incheon airport. We were just passing through en route to Busan, South Korea. [...]

Share this post:
  • email
  • RSS
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Bookmarks

Tagged as: change the world, history, missions

0 comments Read the full article → June 27, 2007

Wu Ping Yields… and Wins Big!

People

Last week we explored Wu Ping’s cult-hero status in Chongqing, China. Well, her three years of defiance was swept away in three hours after she reached a very lucrative deal with property developers. Here’s the follow up. Lesson: Sometimes it pays to stand your ground. ?alt=rss Share this post:

Share this post:
  • email
  • RSS
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Bookmarks

Tagged as: Wu Ping

0 comments Read the full article → April 3, 2007

Wu Ping’s Amazing Nail House

People

Every nation has a handful of underdog heroes. Israel had David. The British (and 21st century American evangelicals) claim William Wilberforce. The Scots had William Wallace. Texans had Travis at the Alamo. The Chinese now have Wu Ping. Her home (in the center of the picture) stands as a monument amid rapid urban redevelopment in [...]

Share this post:
  • email
  • RSS
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Bookmarks

Tagged as: conviction, perseverance

0 comments Read the full article → March 26, 2007

The Key to the Missionary Problem

People

Four months from today 15,000 – 20,000 Christian students and CCC staff members will gather in Busan, Korea. Why? To unite our hearts and raise our voices in magnifying our Lord Jesus Christ. Together we will worship, pray, fellowship, eat, share our lives, learn, and take bold steps into the future. We will also be [...]

Share this post:
  • email
  • RSS
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Bookmarks

Tagged as: missions, spiritual, Students

2 comments Read the full article → February 26, 2007

Ray’s One Page Leadership Training

Leadership

About a year after I’d been leading a local campus team I finally received some formal team leader training. Roughly 20 of us gathered in Austin, Texas, for a week of lectures, discussions, and workshops. Each participant’s experience in leading ranged somewhere from 3 weeks to 3 years. I’m sure I received a notebook filled [...]

Share this post:
  • email
  • RSS
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Bookmarks

Tagged as: practical, remember, training

0 comments Read the full article → February 18, 2007