#casting vision

People don’t need us to cast a grand vision. They need us to be faithful. You’ve heard it before: “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Great leaders stand on their podiums and at their pulpits to cast a grand vision about how things can be and how we will get there! I ask, what about loving and serving people where they are at? What about embracing what is rather than what could be?…

People don’t need us to cast a grand vision. They need us to be faithful. You’ve heard it before: “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Great leaders stand on their podiums and at their pulpits to cast a grand vision about how things can be and how we will get there! I ask, what about loving and serving people where they are at? What about embracing what is rather than what could be?…

One of the promises that I’ve made to myself this year is to take a day each month, just to focus on myself – my wants, needs and dreams. This can be a weekday or a weekend, but just making sure to do it. As moms and women in general, we get so busy in the rush of life, that we forget to take care of ourselves. Before we know it, weeks, months and even years have passed and all of the hopes and…

Episode 12: Allen White Answers Your Questions

https://exponentialgroups.podbean.com/e/allen-white-answers-your-questions-inthis-special-ask-allen-episode/ This Podcast is available on: Apple Podcasts – Google Play – Spotify – Amazon Music/Audible – Pandora -Podbean – Tune In – iHeartRadio – PlayerFM – Listen Notes Show Notes Allen White is the author of four books on small group ministry including Exponential Groups: Unleashing Your…

Why Mission & Vision Statements Are The Worst

There is a delicate balance between modesty and being too pushy. How are your vision statements or mission statements holding up? On the one hand, you can be too modest and completely let yourself get lost in a crowd of pushers.

On the other hand, you can be too pushy, and be seen as too brash and aggressive. Being seen as too pushy can drive people away while being too modest will make you…

Why Don’t You Have More Groups? Part 1

In a perfect world, the sole focus of your church beyond the weekend service would be groups. You do not live in that world. But, part of the reason you don’t have more groups is because you are not sending a clear message about groups…to your senior pastor.

Your Church Cares About What Your Pastor Cares About

Churches with a passion for evangelism are led by an evangelist. Churches…

Are you Casting a Vision of Victory or Defeat?

Everyone casts a vision for their life, the question is are you choosing victory or defeat?

You can either cast a vision of success and who you want to become or choose to cast a vision of failure, self doubt, and why you can’t succeed. Often in life victory or defeat is a choice and if you are casting a vision of defeat you will take the actions or lack of actions to create that in your life.…

So why do we want to leave the lush green land of the great Northwest and head to the dry and deserted land?

First, I think of the passage in Psalms 63:1 (MSG) that reads “God—you’re my God! I can’t get enough of you! I’ve worked up such hunger and…