On Tuesday morning, May 27th my dear friend Terry Ford was rushed to hospital suffering from a major heart attack. Terry and I serve on the Elder Board together at Fellowship Bible Church. It is a privilege to serve alongside him. In fact, he and I stand side-by-side, shoulder-to-shoulder each Sunday at the front of the […]
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11 Leadership Quotes And Principles From The October Baby DVD
Brian Dodd on September 11, 2012 in Movies
“You saw me before I was born.” Psalm 139:16 (NLT) Last March I chose to go to  October Baby rather than Hunger Games and I am glad I did! With its dvd being released today, October Baby is an incredibly moving story that tells us the importance that every human life has. This film by Jon and Andrew Erwin […]
The One Thing Leaders Must Have To Survive Shocking And Unexpected Events
Brian Dodd on August 20, 2012 in Family, Performance
Have you ever been shocked? I mean really shocked? That is what came to my mind when I first watched the video above? I though “Wow!  Where did that come from? Was that shark really that close to land?”  It is truly a shocking video. Sarah Brame’s encounter with a bull shark while fishing off a deck in South Carolina brought back […]
The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of August 6th
Brian Dodd on August 12, 2012 in Character, Church Leadership, Great Teams, Relationships
This has been an incredible week for leadership training! The Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit stretched me in ways I have not been stretched in a long time. You can read my favorite posts from that 2-day event by clicking here and here. In addition to the Summit, I also read a multitude of incredible leadership […]
The Most Horrifying Image I’ve Ever Seen And What We Can Do About It
Brian Dodd on July 28, 2012 in Generosity
What you are looking at are the effects of a disease called Podoconiosis. “Podoconiosis (”dust in the feet’) presents as bilateral asymmetrical swelling of the feet and lower legs. It is seen in susceptible families of bare-footed farmers in well-defined fertile volcanic highland zones of Africa, Central and South America, and Indonesia, and also in the lowlands […]
The Time When Leaders Are Most Likely To Fail
Brian Dodd on June 5, 2012 in Character, Church Leadership, Performance
In the May 22nd edition of USA Today, it was reported that three climbers tragically died and two more were reported missing while descending from Mount Everest. Experts believe that exhaustion and altitude sickness in a place called the “death zone” were the causes. For leaders, I think it is important to look at WHEN and WHY […]
5 Questions To Determine If Your Church Is The Happiest Place You Could Ever Imagine
Brian Dodd on June 3, 2012 in Church Leadership
I recently was at a conference where North Point Community Church’s Andy Stanley asked the question “Why are so many 18-35 year olds leaving church?” His startling answer – “Because they’ve been to one.” Ouch! My wife and I are greeters at Fellowship Bible Church and it is alarming when people arrive looking like they do not want […]