Check out this Podcast.  Pat Lencioni was interviewed by the Catalyst team earlier this year and you gotta listen to this one.  I have listened to it several times.  In the interview with Pat Lencioni, he touches on what he calls the "Law or Rule of Thirds" where he helps leaders to intentionally invest in those who are support the vision.&nbs

On July 15, I celebrated ten years as pastor here at New Highland!  What a journey it has been! ...

This afternoon I received a call from a colleague in the pastorate who serves a large church in an urban setting.  He just needed to talk.  As he was in his office this morning finishing up the preparations for the funeral of a church member, someone walked into his office and interrupted him to complain about something from the worship service the day before.  My friend handled it with grace and tried to get back to the funeral service.  When he called me, he was in his car on the way to the graveside.  

This devotional reading really stuck with me yesterday.  Perhaps you will share it with others...

Every one of us has to make the decision on how to choose our friends.  Who will we hang with?  Are there people from our past we need to let go?  This morning, my devotional was entitled "Stay Focused."  The key verse is "Forgetting the past" (Philippians 3:13, New Living Translation). Here are five types of people the writer says we will encounter in our relationships with others:

This morning I read of God's command to Moses to appoint and commission Joshua as Moses' successor.  Verse 18 stood out where God says of Joshua, "A man in whom is the spirit" which we understand as the Holy Spirit of God. 
A prayer for believers is that we hope that the presence of the Spirit is sensed by those around us.  Lord, help me be a person in whom is the Spirit.