SEC is always in season

No, not that SEC. For most people, SEC is the Southeastern Conference, home to great athletes, great sporting events, and a proud athletic tradition. For organizations building excellence in the workplace, SEC is Succession, Execution, and Culture, the building blocks...

Keep going, keep growing

The example of a pastor during a visit to Payatasin the Philippines included how he lost what was probably a decent job. It made me think about how we have to keep building our skills. I thought about Daniel, Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael and how Nebuchadnezzar...

Trends for the church in 2015

The social transformation work seen during recent trip to the Philippines could be an example for American churches to engage their communities. Thom Rainer began a blog series about trends in 2015 for churches.  Rainer (2015) suggested one of the trends would be...

Megacommunity thinking

A great pastor, Lowell Bakke, explained Paul’s letter to the Philippians as a treatise on partnership, which made me think about the concept of megacommunities. A megacommunity consists of organizations from the business, government, and civil sectors joining...

Four hours or so

A recurring theme during a recent visit to the Philippines has been that of understanding that people with business and technical skills have much to offer in service to God’s kingdom. This requires taking time to develop those skills for a specific purpose....