- My friend Mike McKinley who is a theological sparring partner... but one of my fave people just wrote a book called "Church Planting is For Wimps." Crossway asked me to endorse a pre-release copy - so honored and can't wait. It's due out in April 2010.
- I'm holding in my hands the just-over-nighted, typeset, designed manuscript of my book "Church in the Making," which I'm pretty sure is the exact opposite viewpoint of Mike's book. =) Also due out by Broadman and Holman in April 2010.
- Hmmm... I may ask Mike to do a James Carville / Mary Matlin promotional book tour with me.
- By the way, only the big-guns release books in the fall: the Eldredges and Don Millers of the world. The rest of us stay clear of the carnage by releasing in the spring. Little publishing tidbit for you.
- B&H just let me change the subtitle of my book to "What Makes or Breaks A New Church Before it Starts." Love working with Tom Walters and Tim Jordan out of Nashville. Amazing team.
- Perry Noble just blessed our family with a Wii system. Now I'm not the only one in my family who absolutely loves Perry. Although... I now wake up every morning at 5:30 AM to the sound of Dylan screaming at Wyatt for beating him up in "Punch out."
- If you don't know Rob Thomas of Collide/ Igniter/ Worship House Media/ Echo... he is a case study in great leadership.
- Yesterday, I got to talk to Craig Johnson AND Jason Young on the same day. I'm running with the thoroughbreds people. Running with the thoroughbreds.
Who I AM
- I help people launch great things. I'm the founder of Dream Year, The Whiteboard Sessions, and STORY in Chicago. I also wrote a book called Church in the Making. My wife Ainsley and I live in Virginia Beach and have 3 cowboys, Wyatt, Dylan & Cody.
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I echo your thoughts about Craig, Love talking to him - seriously can't happen enough for me.
Can you expand what you were saying about Rob Thomas? How/why is he such a great case study of leadership? Not challenging - just wondering what I'm missing out by not knowing him.
Posted by: Gavin Baker | November 11, 2009 at 03:22 PM
Rob is one of the funniest guys I know, but he leads exceptionally well. He produced a great company, makes hard decisions every day... but his team loves him. That's rare.
Posted by: Ben Arment | November 12, 2009 at 10:20 AM
What do you attribute his teams love of him to?
Posted by: Gavin Baker | November 12, 2009 at 03:35 PM