My Favorite 25 Leadership Posts Of 2011

This past year I published 346 separate blog posts.  With that amount of material produced, it is sometimes hard to identify your personal favorites.  However, after much thought, the following is the list of My Favorite 25 Leadership Posts Of 2011.  If you missed these in their initial run, I trust you will enjoy them the 2nd time around.

1. Is It OK To Thank God For Your “Smokin’ Hot Wife”
2. Keep Your Hands Off My Daughter! – Fathers, you will enjoy this post.
3. Maxim’s Top 100 Hottest Women List Is Missing One Notable Individual – All women should read this.
4. 7 Things Churches Need To Know About Welcoming Guests – Some great lessons for church leaders that I learned during my time in Amish country.
5. Japan, We Are Still Praying For You – This is video of the most impactful time of worship I had in 2011.
6. The Top 10 Characteristics Of A Generous Church – This is a session I got to teach at two different conferences this past year. 
7. 10 Lessons Learned From Driving My Car Into A Ditch During An Ice Storm – Some great insights from a bad situation.
8. Pastors, If You Don’t Think Your People Can Give Money Read This – Pastors and church leaders, don’t undersell your people.
9. 10 Leadership Quotes And Principles From Soul Surfer – Loved seeing this with my daughter.
10. The 10 Last Words Of A Dying Church – Maybe the most important post for maturing churches I wrote this past year.
11. 12 Quotes And Church Growth Lessons From Alison Levine Who Climbed Mount Everest – Check out who commented on this!
12. What Sport Clips Teaches Us About Men And Church Attendance – www.ChurchLeaders.com reposted this.  Fun and relevant post.
13. The Top 10 Christian Leaders You Should Be Following On Twitter – Ron Edmondson RTed this giving me over 1000 hits the first day.  Thanks, Ron!
14. Southern Baptist Churches In Decline! But Why? – Some people didn’t like this one.  Read and see if you agree.
15. 13 Signs People Are Excited To Attend Your Church Service – Passion City Church is an amazing church that reaches the next generation better than any church I’ve seen.  Read this post and learn why.
16. 5 Words Every Leader Must Say And Master – If you read no other post on this list, read this one.
17. Auburn Head Football Coach Gene Chizik Is All In At A Local Book Signing – Here’s a recap of when Coach Chizik came to our hometown.
18. 10 Signs Your Christianity Has Become Too Comfortable – Also re-posted by www.ChurchLeaders.com.
19. I Was Wrong About Saving Seats At Church – I love have experiences that make me look at the world differently.
20. 7 Leadership Quotes And Principles From Courageous – The Must See Movie Of The Year
21. Let Me Introduce You To One Of The Best Leaders You Have Never Heard Of – I love promoting great leaders who need an expanded platform.
22. 5 Habits Of Generous Leaders – I taught this at my home church a couple of months ago.
23. Pro Wrestling, The Music Industry, And Dying Churches – It is always fun connecting various disciplines into a single learning. 
24. How One Pastor Received A $1.6 Million Dollar Gift – This is a recap of the time I spent with Thomas McDaniels.  What a great leader!
25. 5 Lessons About Apex Leadership I Learned From Chris Tomlin – I love writing about people who are the best at what they do.  And I am also a huge Chris Tomlin fan.

These posts meant a lot to me for a variety of reasons this past year.  I hope they meant something to you as well.

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