Helping Churches Make Vision Real

are you avoiding reality?

Monday, May 9, 2011

You’ve heard it said before, “The number one job of leadership is to define reality.” Unfortunately we’ve seen over and over again in recent years both companies and one high profile personality after another end in ruin as a result of losing touch with reality. Somewhere along the way these companies and personalities start to believe their press clippings, stop listening to the right voices, and ultimately reality becomes lost in a haze.

So how do you know if you are dealing with the brutal facts of your current reality? You may not be dealing with the brutal facts if you:

Posted in Leadership, Staffing

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Why Church Staff Change Churches

Monday, May 2, 2011

This week I’m excited to be starting a new job on the Executive and Teaching Teams at Sun Valley Community Church and because I’m going through this job transition I thought I’d repost this post on Staffing from the archives about why Church Staff change churches. And while this isn’t an exhaustive list, I think it’s a great place to start. So in no particular order, here is my top 10 list of “Why Church Staff Change Churches:”

Posted in Leadership, Staffing

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why i’m taking my 6 & 7 year old to guatemala

Monday, April 25, 2011

In just a little over a month school will be out and my wife and I will be climbing onto a plane with our 6 and 7 year old daughters to take them on their first international mission trip to Guatemala! After spending time on mission trips together all over the world, Lisa and I are excited that we finally get to expose our children to something that has been such an important part of our lives, marriage, and ministry. We are thrilled about the opportunity to be working with some friends of ours (Lee & Angel Radford) who help run an orphanage in Guatemala and who have children at similar ages to ours. We’ve been waiting for this day, and below are 10 reasons why.

Posted in Family, Spiritual Formation

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I’m starting a new job!

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

I’m excited to announce that I have recently accepted an invitation from Sun Valley Community Church to join their Executive and Teaching Teams. So that means the Alexander Family is officially moving back to Arizona!

Posted in Family, Leadership

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7 qualities of a leader i’ll follow

Monday, April 18, 2011

Like you, I’ve had the opportunity to be around some great leaders, and then again some not so great leaders. What I’ve found is the longer I go the less inclined I am to follow just anyone, even if the “leader-label” has been attached to them somewhere along the line. So what am I looking for in someone that I’m willing to follow? Check out the list below and you may discover that you just might be the kind of person that I’d follow!

Posted in Leadership