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Looking for Leaders vs. Seeing Leaders
TAGAYTAY, PHILIPPINES—I am enjoying a few days in beautiful Tagaytay for our annual Every Nation...
Discipleship
Top 10 Things You Need to Know to Succeed in Campus Ministry
I am speaking tomorrow at the Every Nation School of Campus Ministry in Manila. So much to say,...
The Opposite of a Yes-Man
Blog, Discipleship, Leadership
“Moses’ father-in-law replied, ‘What you are doing is not good.’”Exodus 18:17 All...
I Hate Fasting
I don’t remember which year we started, or whose ideas it was (probably Manny Carlos—definitely...
Leadership
5 Leadership Lessons from Young Chinese Pastors
JAKARTA, INDONESIA—Four days ago I was hanging out with Every Nation pastors from China, Taiwan,...
Most Staff Meetings Are a Waste of Time
DETROIT, MICHIGAN—Like all leaders, I have participated in never-ending staff meetings that wasted...
How to be an Expert
Note: I wrote this blog in the Tokyo airport on my Manila to Nashville flight a couple of days...
Family
The Nashville Buzz
Here’s the latest Murrell news: Jonathan, our fifteen-year-old, got his first #1 buzz cut since...
Thank You
A week in the hospital watching Mom suffer, a week in Palm Springs debating and eventually solving...
Mom’s Obit
It has been a hectic two weeks, to say the least. One week in the hospital watching Mom suffer,...
Books
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