Describe yourself in three words:
Passionate.
Purposeful.
Connected.
What do you love about your church and community?:
Zig Ziglar said, “”I want you to have some of the things money can buy and ALL of the things that it can’t.”
I love the idea that the Church is in the business of the things money can’t buy. The intangibles that make the world work are the heart of the Church. Faith, hope, love, joy, peace. I love that we get to BE these things to our neighbourhood, our city, our nation and the world.”
What superhero do you most relate to and why?
Mr Incredible. I am the combination of past challenges, present dissatisfaction and future potential.
In a way I think we all are.
What is a dream you have in your heart that you still haven’t seen fulfilled?
I’m believing to be part of a global shift in two things. The way we are and do leadership and the way the Church engages the spiritually unsaved, yet spiritually curious people without stepping into the moral high ground that has, at least in my country, made the idea of Church hard to navigate for the 93% that don’t attend.
How would you describe your hopes and desires for your life?
My primary responsibilities and hopes are:
To serve my wife and kids.
To influence and impact the global leadership landscape.
To lift others to a new level.
What advice would you go back and give yourself 15 years ago? Why?
Three things:
- Get under the supervision of a therapist ASAP and stay there.
- Allow yourself to be mentored so my self-awareness serves my life and leadership.
- Build life disciplines that serve your future: diet, sleep, exercise, mentoring, solitude, rest.
What is your funniest parenting moment?:
If you asked my kids there’d be hundreds…. Apparently, as they get older I am getting a lot less funny than I thought.
In October 2017 our family (Megan and I + Zarriah 8 and Maddox 5 at the time) was in Rome, Italy, celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary. My wife, Megan, speaks Italian and we wanted to find a famous Gelati shop. I asked Megan to tell me how to ask for “”Where is the Gelati Shop?”” Megan responded in Italian, I took that on face value and walked into a convenience store and in the Italian Megan has tutored me in said loudly and boldly “”I forget Gelati!!”” (in Italian)
The kids have NEVER let me forget that Daddy walked into a shop and said he forgets gelati.
What makes your so interesting and unique?
I can read people and environments and work out what to do in seconds. I can figure out what people want and where they are coming from in seconds. I can cut to the deep heart of a matter in seconds. I can keep a large network of relationships together and love every minute of it.
My main motivation for something is WHO I do it with and then WHAT I do.
