Realignment

I was in Chicago earlier this month at Willow's Leadership Summit. I love the thing: God speaks to me every time I'm there. Something about getting away, the change in climate and environment. Sometimes God speaks through the conference personalities, sometimes through videos or music. But I'm all ears when I'm there.

This time, the whole time, I kept feeling an overwhelming sense that we weren't getting it done; weren't achieving our potential; weren't accomplishing the mission. A few times I wept and cried out, "God, we're not cutting it and I don't know how to lead us so we can." It's that 'holy dissatisfaction' that leaders get sometimes.

When I got back to Texas, I headed on a 3 day study break (which I do once a month now) to pull together my studying, my research, my praying, my ruminations. And here's what I came up with: God wants Rush Creek to increase its commitment to and influence on three groups of people in the world: the under-resourced, the overwhelmed, and the far-away. As I look at my staff alignment, if we keep doing what we're doing we'll keep getting what we're getting. So I'm rearranging EVERYONE. More later . . .