by admin | Jun 20, 2014 | Church, Church Programming, Communication, Creative, Creativity, encourage, inspiration, Leadership
About 6 weeks ago I was having a conversation with the team I work on at Cross Point. We were grinding and developing plans for upcoming series and artwork. During our talk we discovered that we had slipped into the habit of playing it safe so I challenged all of us...
by admin | Jun 19, 2014 | Creative
One thing that drives me nuts is when we are in meetings and the words people use are definitive but unsubstantiated. Overarching fear words used with authority to attempt to drive home a point that has no data to support it. Words matter and how we allow them to live...
by admin | Jun 12, 2014 | Church, Church Programming, Communication, Creative, Creativity, encourage, inspiration, Leadership
Talent is potential that has not yet been developed. Talent alone is not all that special. Everyone has some. The question is what are we going to do with it? When we take talent, allow it to be developed, then add passion & hustle, we distance ourselves from the...
by admin | Jun 10, 2014 | Creative, Creativity, Leadership
I honestly freak out when I feel that someone cares more about my “stuff” than I do. The reality is, it is usually not true, but often the pace we run creates opportunity for our attention to get thin. When we have thin attention we are forced to count on the status...
by admin | Jun 5, 2014 | Creative, inspiration, Leadership
You don’t need permission to create. The fact you were hired, invited, or asked to do what you do is all the permission you need. A funny thing happens, as a creative person you inevitably at times have shuttered in fear and hid behind “permission”...