by Michael Bayne | Feb 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
Love music and love reading, this is the STUFF I LIKE post for the week. I figure since this is my blog I get to talk about stuff I like and here are three things I AM REALLY liking right now.RELEVANT magazine is like getting a birthday present in the mail every other...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
Conflict is good! I know that sounds crazy but today the theory got put into practice. The conflict through my day into a wild spin but once again it was GOOD.
by Michael Bayne | Feb 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
We start a new series at REMIX (our student environment) tonight called PAUSE. How do we stop in the midst of constant interaction, communication, activity, entertainment, responsibility, and congestion to discover, listen to, and connect with God. In my own life I...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 24, 2009 | church planting, training
This weekend was huge for GCC. We figured out how to train our set up and tear down teams! We have grown so fast it has been hard to get a handle on this MAJOR issue. It only took three years but I think we hit on something that works for us this weekend. Karen...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 23, 2009 | change, leadership
Here is some advice from a cooking pro…NOT…if you put the wrong ingredients in when you are cooking your cookies will not taste good. More on that in a minute! The principle applies to anything we do in life. When we do the wrong things, add the wrong...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
The past month at Grace Community we have been in a series called Am I the Only One? There are some series that are defining moments for a church and this has been one of them for us. We have tackled fear, addiction, sexual sin, and depression. This next week we end...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Started this social networking thing with myspace, moved to facebook and now I am considering twitter. Please talk me out of twitter. I need help. This landscape is always going to be changing. I talk to tons of teens that are running from facebook as their primary...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
I admit it, I am really on a defining reality kick. I read back over my blog yesterday and I thought about all the implications this leadership principle has for my home. It is so important that Chelsea and I both actively seek to define reality in each others life...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
One of the best books on leadership I have ever read is Leadership is an Art by Max Dupree. In the book he says that a leader’s first responsibility is to define reality. I am in an define reality kind of mood. I think it has been brought on by my need to...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
Got this book a few weeks ago and planned to just read one leadership thought a day. I did well for about three or four days and then I could not stop taking in several at a time. I love books that allow the reader to get in the mind of great leaders and this may be...
