The Leadership Path Part 3

This week I wrote THIS POST and THIS POST about my path of leadership.  Here’s part 3 of the series, talking about what I read outside the bible that stretches me as a leader.

Besides books on leadership, which I haven’t read at all this year but 1, I really dive into blogs.  I understand for some of you, blogs are so 2007….which would leave me to the question, why are you freakin’ reading this?  Ok..moving on.  Blogs to me are a great resource for leaders and at times, can really be much better than entire books.  One thing I love about a blog is that most are very short posts and are focused on just one topic.  I dig that because I have a short attention span.  I usually only read one or two chapters of a book in one sitting.  So blogs really help me stay focused and therefore there’s a deeper impact on me.

Here a few blogs that I read regularly that push me in my leadership….

• Perry Noble – Perrynoble.com | Like him or not, pastor P knows how to lead churches in the south and the pastors that are called to lead those churches.
• Steven Furtick – Stevenfurtick.com | Pastor Steven is a guy that I highly respect because of his bold leadership and ability to speak into the hearts of all different kinds of leaders.  Some of the most memorable leadership quotes I have ever heard have come from him.  For example…Be Ruth’s Chris, not Golden Corral.
• The Resurgence - Theresurgence.com | Guys like Matt Chandler and Mark Driscol and Dr. Tim Keller along with others have regular posts here about all different kinds of topics on leadership in the church.
• Craig Groeschel – Swerve.Lifechurch.tv |  Best thing about the Swerve blog is I get a huge nugget of the good stuff and it usually only takes about 60 seconds to read the post.  Love it!
• Mark Batterson – Evotional.com |  Mark Batterson can say more in one sentence than I can explain in an entire book!  Brother is smart!  And his posts are generally very thought provoking and short as well.
• Tony Morgan – Tonymorganlive.com |  This guy knows his stuff!  His posts are usually pretty short and spot on when it comes to leading other people and issues leaders in the church face.

I know, I didn’t mention guys like Andy Stanley, Rick Warren, Seth Godin as well as others.  There are a lot of other ministry leaders and pastors and business folk that I learn from as well, but I’d be here all day if I mentioned them all.  I’ll talk more about Andy Stanley and Rick Warren later too.   If you’re not plugging into blogs, then I encourage you to set up a feed ( like Google Reader) and subscribe to some good blogs and learn from others!