Dec 21, 2022Best 20 Books from 2022Someone recently asked me if I could recommend any good podcasts. This simple question, and the sad realization that I couldn’t, made me admit that my bias for reading/listening to full length books is in its own way limiting. I can see now that when you consume this many books…Books Recommendation6 min readBooks Recommendation6 min read
Aug 18, 2022Reflecting on Microchurches, in a world reshaped by pandemicSince we released this modest little book about modest little churches, there has been a surprisingly warm response. Of course, I expected the practitioners of the small to find these ideas both helpful and reinforcing, but the real surprise has been the openness of the established church to this smaller…Microchurch6 min readMicrochurch6 min read
Dec 21, 2021The Best Books of 2021 (my favorite 18 out of 367)I decided this year I was going to take it easy on my reading/listening regime. Not that I was ever really driven to hit some reading goal (at least not for several years). Still, I have actually wondered if I was reading too much. Is that even possible? I will…Books Recommendation14 min readBooks Recommendation14 min read
Dec 1, 20214 Non-Negotiables for Creating the Next WorkplaceThere is a 7–Eleven by my house which sits across the street from a particularly large and particularly rowdy middle school. Before and after school there is a rush of 11–13 year old customers. The downside, I suppose, is that they like to loiter. So, these proactive owners have affixed…Work8 min readWork8 min read
Jun 7, 2021What’s Next for Us (part 3 of 3)“All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as self-evident.” Arthur Schopenhauer Some years ago, I came out of the sealed laboratory of the UNDERGROUND experiment ready to share our results with the rest of the Christian world. The…3 min read3 min read
Apr 9, 2021What’s Next for Us… (part 2 of 3)In December I wrote a piece about my new role with NCF, and working to build alliances around key causes in our city. That has been an amazing experience so far. But even then I was working on two other big projects/roles. …3 min read3 min read
Dec 28, 2020Top 20 books in 2020I made it through 376 books this year, that is 20 more than last year. Maybe just another strange contour to 2020, this means I actually read or listened to more than a book a day. That is hard to believe (even for me) especially since I didn’t really change…16 min read16 min read
Dec 9, 2020What’s Next for us… (part 1)Earlier this year I wrote an article I called The Descent of Leadership. I was reflecting on some of my experience starting, building, and ultimately giving away projects, teams and even organizations to the next generation of leaders. …4 min read4 min read
Oct 13, 2020On Trading Our Future for Vengeance“The man went, beheaded John in the prison, and brought back his head on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother.” Mark 6:27 In one of the more gruesome episodes in the life and times of Jesus, John the Baptist is unjustly…Christianity5 min readChristianity5 min read
Sep 24, 2020A LONG WALK IN DUBLINA few weeks ago I set out to walk and pray. I really needed to clear my head and spend some time with the Father. I left my house in Bray around 9am and eventually, 8 hours later, tired and satisfied, found myself boarding the train at Lansdowne Station, to…4 min read4 min read
