Two billion people around the world are connecting on Facebook every day.

Let that sink in for a moment. Can you imagine what the apostle Paul would have thought of this opportunity? Using social media, you can share the gospel to the ends of the earth with a few keystrokes.

Have you ever thought the world needed to rethink church?

As I was reading the book, Exponential by Dave & Jon Ferguson, as an assignment for our Women’s Church Planting Cohort I was co-leading, I was struck by these words,

… my best estimates tell me that at least one-third to one-half of the American population will never come to churches like the ones you and I attend.

This week, we step into summer. Every season gives each of us a new opportunity to examine our lives – our relationships, our dreams, our health, our calling.

For me, I know I must finish my most recent book, Recognition: The Power of Being Seen,

By this picture, you may thing this blog is about a butterfly. I did too, until I saw an ant on the left side at the end of the butterflies body. What happened next was amazing. Over the next five hours, the ant moved the butterfly 4 feet across my back patio.

Every day, I get to do what I love. Create, teach, equip, resource, and encourage.

I could live by the motto: Eat, breath, sleep, repeat, when it comes to my vocation.  Events, training, collaborative meetings, serving, new ideas, emails and social media messages seem to come as if I am playing a rapid fire game of Minute-to-Win-It.

I have been a volunteer and I have been the leader of volunteers (sometimes as a success and sometimes as a complete flop). Here are the things I have learned working in churches and non-profit organizations.

1) Delete the word “volunteer” from your vocabulary.

I could tell when my son walked in the door from school, he was having a bad day. His eyes were downcast to the ground and he barely spoke…until I ask him to help me with a chore and he snapped at me.

I was waiting to get gas, watching a woman wash her windshield at the pump. She had extra supplies: Windex, a squeegee, and paper towels. She would squeegee the window, carefully wiping the any missed spots with a paper towel, stand back examining her work and then try again.

In his book, In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership, Henri Nouwen describes the three temptations of Christ in a way I have never seen before.

The temptation to be relevant.

As Christian leaders,

Last week I wrote a blog titled: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow…learning to create an intentional life.  I promised you this week we would tackle the things that keep us from creating an intentional life.

Here are a few of the things I think we should talk about:

• Letting go of the past
• Forgiveness
• Identity- low self-concept (The ideas that I am not good enough)
• Busyness (The illusion that we are accomplishing something)
• Lack of goal setting &