June 2006

Fellow voxer, GaryM, passes on a great quote…..

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather the wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.�

�Antoine de Saint Exupery

I think it applies to all levels of leadership, but definitely to large group leadership. Not that you don’t need organization and structure, but they will never replace clear communication of a compelling vision.

 It reminds me of something I heard Erwin McManus say one time - that it’s more important to change what people care about than what they believe.

 Anyone care to share some favorite leadership-type quotes?

Today in the midst of my surfing (is that still a valid term?) I saw “a good life” defined very simply by Linford of OtR. I agree very much. You can add all kinds of qualifiers to it depending on what it is that you “believe”, but it holds true….

A good life: Believe in what you do, and do it.

What do you think?

wouldn’t you believe i forgot to take a camera with me. i’m hoping to get some pictures from the other guys. meanwhile, here’s a picture of me on stage with nate and the guys at war cry at liberty university in lynchburg, va.  this is from a series of great shots taken by kendrick.  here you can see the whole set.

I had a great time. The trip was extremely fulfilling for me as a musician. Nathan, Dale, Jamie and George are all very talented guys. It was an honor to play music with them. I hope that we get more opportunities to play together soon. Besides the music we had lots of laughs, some great conversations, and some good down time as well. Plenty of time spent at St. Arbucks as I heard it called.

People are good. Music is good. God is good.