February 9th, 2011 
alandanielson Originally posted 01-28-2010. Reposted 02-09-2011. ——————————————————————- Occasionally I meet pastors, church leaders, or small group leaders who remind me of myself. They remind me of myself because of their arrogance. Over the my 20 years in ministry (especially when I was in my 20s) I sometimes grew impatient with the people I was leading. In [...]
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Tags: arrogance, Humility, Leadership, pastoring, shepherding 
3 Comments » January 17th, 2011 alandanielson Originally posted 01-11-2010. Reposted 01-17-2011 —————————————————————– Napkin conversations are some of my favorite conversations! What’s a “napkin conversation”? It’s when you’re in a restaurant or coffee shop with someone and what you’re talking about is so compelling that you have to write or draw it on a napkin so you won’t forget. One of the [...]
November 15th, 2010 alandanielson Originally posted 03-01-2010. Reposted 11-15-2010 —————————————————————— ig·nor·ar·ro·gance: [ ig-ner-ar-uh-guhns] –noun– offensive display of superiority or self-importance due to one’s lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc. This is a word I made up to describe those who are cluelessly cocky. Ever met those people? You know the ones who come off as overly confident when they ought [...]
Posted in Character, Leadership Tags: arrogance, Character Flaws, Ignorance, Leadership 5 Comments » October 26th, 2010 alandanielson At last year’s Right Now ’09 conference I had the great honor of meeting Tim Ross, the young adult pastor at the Potter’s House in Dallas. I’m really excited that he’ll be speaking again at this year’s Right Now Conference in a few weeks. Last year, Tim’s talk reminded me of what I think is [...]
Posted in Leadership Tags: authenticity, conference, honesty, house, Leadership, now, potter's, real, righnow'09, right, rightnow, rightnow09, ross, tim, transparency No Comments » October 20th, 2010 alandanielson Originally posted 10-08-2009. Reposted 10-20-2010 ——————————————————————- A reader named Rolland once left the following comment on my blog: “Recently there have been a couple of occasions that no one has shown up for a meeting, with no phone call – and we have 7 families represented. Now that we’re trying to move to be more [...]
Posted in Mission, Small Groups Tags: brainstorm, brainstorming, Christ, game, group, groups, Jesus, leader, Leadership, mission, Missional/Outwardness, missions, project, Rolland, small 2 Comments » September 2nd, 2010 alandanielson Originally posted July 20, 2009. Reposted September 2, 2010. —————————————————————————— Small Groups are primarily about growing in three areas: our relationship with Christ (discipleship), our relationship with one another (community), and our relationship with the world (mission). I say “primarily” because these are the three things that most small group leaders and pastors tend to [...]
Posted in Leadership, Small Groups Tags: bias, group, groups, leaders, Leadership, small No Comments » July 13th, 2010 alandanielson Originally posted 10-20-2009. Reposted 07-13-2010 ————————————————— Leaders in the Body of Christ are targets. Our spiritual enemy wants to destroy, disgrace, and discredit our leaders so the mission of Christ is embarrassed and bogged down. Our spiritual enemy is good at what he does. Ladies, I have to confess that I don’t know the areas [...]
Posted in Leadership Tags: Accountability, accountable, attack, confess, confession, leaders, Leadership, money, power, sex, weakness, weaknesses 1 Comment » June 24th, 2010 alandanielson “Human Resources” is a term that on some level I hate! I hate it because of the fact that many leaders treat their “Human Resources” more like resources and less like humans. The difference between a good leader and a bad leader is how “Human Resources” are treated. The same can be said of good [...]
June 4th, 2010 alandanielson The purchase link is at the bottom of the page. DESCRIPTION Triple-Threat Leadership is about understanding and developing three skills that are absolutely necessary for effective leadership: casting vision, executing strategy and fostering relationships. All leaders want to succeed and leveraging these three skills gives leaders an edge. The book includes an assessment, but it [...]
Posted in Featured, Leadership Tags: e-Book, ebook, Leadership, Triple-Threat Leadership No Comments » May 31st, 2010 alandanielson In the United States, today is Memorial Day. Today we remember those who have died in service to our country. Today we remember heroes. Today we remember leaders. Why do I say we remember leaders today? Because one of the greatest defining characteristics of any leader is willingness to sacrifice. Leadership is hard work requiring [...]
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