Category: Random Stuff
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Understanding Makes Leaders Attractive
NOTE: The following is a guest post by my friend Pastor Shane Wall. Be sure to check the link at the bottom for more about his upcoming book! BIO: Shane Wall has been ministering internationally for over 30 years. He is the founder and Senior Pastor of The Feast of The Lord in Orangeburg, SC, where he and…
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Next Up Podcast: 3 Ways to Live & Lead in The Moment (Episode 6)
Anyone’s life can be busy and chaotic. For leaders, life can be flat out crazy. It’s tempting to run from one thing to another and miss what’s right in front of us. In this episode, Jonathan Pearson, Dustin Bates, and David Pearson talk about how we can enjoy the present time to the fullest. Links…
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New Next Up Podcast: T Is For Time
In this episode, Jonathan Pearson, Dustin Bates, and guest David Pearson talk about the importance of time and offer some advice on how to protect it. Whether you’re a seasoned leader or you don’t even consider yourself a leader yet, this episode will help you take steps to manage one of your most valuable resources.…
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My Recent Guest Posts
Since the release of Next Up: 8 Shifts Great Young Leaders Make, I’ve had the opportunity to guest post on some other blogs. The topics vary, but most are centered around the concepts found in the book. I thought I’d link them here in case you’re interested in taking a look (all of the lines…
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Something New for Young Leaders: Next Up Releases Today!
I’m really excited today to see a project that’s been over a year in the making finally come into full view. My book, Next Up: 8 Shifts Great Young Leaders Make releases today. One of the things that we need in the church and in the world in general today more than ever before is young leadership.
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New Next Up Podcast: H Is For Honor
This month on the Next Up Podcast, we’re tackling the subject of honor. In light of Kevin Durant’s MVP acceptance speech and in light of our generation’s tendency to ignore honor, we thought we’d talk about what honor is, who we should honor, how we should honor, and why it’s important. You can subscribe to…
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Starting Small // A Guest Post by Ben Reed
If you see small groups as a church growth strategy, you’ll be sorely disappointed. Trust me. Small groups are more than that. Let’s not ask small groups to do what an event, or a mailer, or a concert, or a guest speaker, can do. Small groups are the backbone God uses to fuel faith. They’re…
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10 Gift Ideas For The Young Leader On Your List
It’s that time of the year! That time of the year that we rack our brains trying to think of a gift that the person on our list will actually use instead of putting on a shelf like you’re pretty sure they did with last year’s gift. Now, all of us are a little different,…