This is a course I taught last year that is now available online. The @undergroundvox did a great job putting it all together. It represents my best thinking about the precarious work of leadership in our time. Check it out.

Learn more and sign your church up here:

Since our area was hit by two major storms, we have been working to build a simple coordination network for churches. If you lead or serve in a church in Tampa Bay, would you consider becoming a part of this low-cost, high-reward collaboration?

Some big news on a major project I have been working on. Really excited about what I hope will be a gift to our city, the people of God, and this beloved institution for decades to come. https://t.co/m8lERgyk4b

Another year of mind and heart-expanding reading for me. This morning I finished book number 396 for the year. For those who are interested, here are 18 that stood out.

Most of you will know I have been working for some time now in the field of collaboration and co-creative leadership. Our group is considering a podcast to explore some of what we have been learning. If you are interested, here is Episode 1.

📚 Excited to share this amazing endorsement from @BSunderground for ALL CHANGE! "If you are sensing, experiencing, or dreaming of change, this book is for you." 🚀 Launches Sept. 20th! Get a free chapter and learn more at https://t.co/3PH08xuRJJ #BookLaunch #Leadership

What a gift to be part of this event. Added bonus to spend a little time with @edstetzer

Pentecost Sunday is May 19. If you didn't know there is a growing community of churches in Tampa Bay, who close down their services to stand together in one place, pray together for our cities, & express a rare but transformative commitment to church unity. https://t.co/zs8LXPu8wx

There are over 300 distinct organizations from 9 different countries at the MicroChurch conference in KC. #MicroChurchConferenceKC

Effect #4: Contrary Theory. "This discipline ends up strengthening our positions precisely because it first weakens them. Really taking in a contrary theory will help you see the parts of your own position that are nuanced, unfair, or even untenable."

Effect #3: Long Form Argument. "I think reading with an open heart and mind is a way of listening to people. To care about their whole story and to take them seriously means listening to their full argument" https://t.co/gkDFRS3MMa

Effect #2: Insight. "The more we read, the more we are stopped in our tracks by a good idea."

Effect #1, Curiosity. "To wonder is to know wonder."

This article took me 10 years to write. The Reader’s Mind: Six Ways Reading 3000 Books Over 10 Years Has Changed Me

"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster." Nietzsche

I am excited to be part of what is an amazing team of network leaders all bravely learning & championing the church in its smallest form. For those of you who are leading churches or networks, toward the winsome shape the church is taking in our time; consider joining us in KC.

To all my friends who like to read... here is my annual list. The best 20 out of 405. 🙂 https://t.co/GYg4UI0Mxc

If you are in the neighborhood come by and check it out. :) https://t.co/ZJDulwkiDl

A short biblical case for restraint on social media... "I have much more to say to you, but I don’t want to write it with pen and ink. For I hope to see you soon, and then we will talk face to face." 3 John 1:13-14