Catalyst 2012

Chase and I attended a leadership conference for church leaders a few weeks ago, called Catalyst. I wanted to share an inspirational nugget from some of the speakers who SO inspired me.

It's better to make a difference than to make a point. 

~Andy Stanley, pastor of North Point Ministries, Inc. in the Atlanta area

An introvert just has a longer runway to get to where they are comfortable. 

~Susan Cain, author of Quiet

If I love those around me I owe it to them to enter into the danger of accountability. 

~Patrick Lencioni, founder and president of The Table Group and 

author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

 We need to realize the full dignity of every human being.

~ Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director of Equal Justice Initiative

Stewardship means to do whatever you do better than you were asked right where you are right now.

~Perry Noble, Senior Pastor of NewSpring Church

We can't lose our identity because of our failures. 

and

We get to make along side the God who fixes problems with parties (reference to the Prodigal Son).

~Jon Acuff, Blogger, Stuff Christians Like and author of Quitter

These are just a hand full of the speakers who challenged and encouraged us over the two day conference.  If you work in a church or lead in some sort of ministry, Catalyst was awesome and you should totally check it out.