From Control to Freedom… Stuart Hall opened his breakout with one of those things that everyone feels awkward about in the moment, but then realizes it was the perfect way to start. He began with an audience participation game! Strike 1 for many people who don't...
I love listening to Jon Acuff. He has this uncanny way of using humor to teach me, inspire me, and challenge me! I take every opportunity I can to learn from him, so of course I signed up for his breakout on Day 2 of...
Life App: Contentment - deciding to be happy with what you've got. Theme: Supersize Me Date: May 2016 This is absolutely one of my favorite sets we've every done. I love anything super-sized. We've done super-sized objects in the past. Some of my favorites included a stopwatch, piano keys, paint brushes,...
I LOVE conferences… particularly the Orange Conference. Our team comes to Atlanta each year and most years we’ll have someone joining us that has never been to Orange before. It’s usually after our first few minutes on-site that someone from my team jokes and “warns”...
Life App: Contentment - deciding to be happy with what you've got. Theme: Supersize Me Date: May 2016 Mad Dash...
Continued Brilliance Session 2 of the Orange Conference opened Thursday morning with the continuing story of “Sunday” and “Monday’s” conflict. The sketch took place on the set of the “Dr. Larry” show. Sunday and Monday were invited to be on the show in an attempt to...
Powerful Production "From soup to nuts" was an expression my father taught me. It is derived from the description of a formal dinner that progresses through several courses, beginning with soup and ending with a dessert of nuts. My dad used this expression often to describe...
I arrived in Atlanta at around 3:00 pm today. I made that lovely drive up 85 North (in tons of traffic by the way) and found my way to the Infinite Energy Arena where I checked in for this year's Orange Conference. In about 20...
This is Part 5 in a series of posts about my journey with the Orange Strategy. You can find Parts 1-4 here: Part 1 - Orange, It's Not Just for Ministry Leaders Part 2 - We're All in This Together Part 3 - A Jar of Pony Beads Part...
If you've been tracking along with this series (see Part 1, Part 2, and/or Part 3), you've already read about how my experience with the Orange strategy affected my parenting just as much, if not more than my leadership. I have two adult daughters now...