We just got back to Curitiba after a great week in Santos. Pastors Fabio and Dani Aguieiras are building a wonderful church there with C3 Santos. We spent some time with their key people on Saturday getting to know them. On Sunday, Fabio interviewed me during the church service about my career in Law Enforcement. I […]
Why is middle management so important? Yes, it is the CEO’s, Senior Pastors, and Company Presidents that will set the vision for the organinzation. It is the Middle Managers, however, who are going to make that vision a reality. They are going to make it happen by the way they manage their front line supervisors. The Middle
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Most leadership books and seminars will, at some point, talk about leading from the front. I want to talk about the neglected art of Leading From the Middle. If you are a Middle Manager, you probably do not get a lot of opportunities to lead from the front. The nature of your job is that
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We spent a couple of days last week in a very poor community in Southern Brazil. I had been asked to speak at an evening service for a new Mennonite Congregation. In the afternoon, Pastors Werner, Manfred, and I visited some families in the community. The gentleman pictured at the left lives in a house
The Red Circle is a first-person account of Brandon Webb’s career in the Navy SEALs. As with many other young men who find that their lives are going nowhere quickly, Webb found a home in the Navy. He joined with the sole intention of becoming a SEAL, yet it took him almost four years before he
“Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.” Whether we fall into the “unrighteous” group, the “self-righteous” group, or somewhere in between, ultimately, we all must come to God in faith and receive His righteousness. Our
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“So, what are you guys actually doing in Brazil?” Great question! We have been here for a month now and are starting to feel at home. Let me give you a run down of what Annie and I are involved in. First of all, we are based in a thriving, growing church, C3 Curitiba. We are
After talking about the unrighteous in Romans One, Paul then turns his attention to the self-righteous in Chapters Two and Three. While there is no doubt that the unrighteous are separated from God, the shocking news is that so are the self-righteous. Paul’s comments are directed at the Jews who thought that because they had
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“Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.” What an important verse this is! When Paul talks about “peace” here, he is not talking about a calm feeling that we have in our hearts. This
We just finished an incredible two day C3 Brazil Pastor’s & Leader’s Conference. It was a great time of teaching and making new friends. Pastor Dean Sweetman was here as the primary speaker. Besides being the Senior Pastors of C3 Atlanta and C3 North Hollywood, Dean and his wife, Jill, are also the C3 Regional Overseers
