I had to head out for awhile today to help one of our road crews but I’m getting a chance to finish listening to Mark Batterson’s opening message to the 2007 Buzz Conference. More good stuff. Listen for yourself especially if you’re in a leadership role in ministry.
More quotes:
“Pacing yourself is one of the great challenges we face as leaders.”
“(God) said, ‘Mark, I want you to know it’s not what you can do for me but what I have done for you.'”
“My greatest fear is that my kids would grow up and regret being a pastor’s kid. If I knew they would regret being a pastor’s kid I would quit today – or maybe after the Buzz conference. I’m not going to sacrifice my family on the alter of ministry.”
“Are you living your life in a way that’s sustainable over the long term?”
3 Resolutions Batterson made this year:
- Don’t check work related e-mail on my day off “The second I look down at my Palm I’m not 100% with my kids anymore.”
- Use all of my vacation days this year “My kids deserve all of my vacation days”
- I’m not going to be away from my family more than 30 nights
“My most important ministry this year by far was coaching my son’s basketball team”
“We as leaders are not real good at keeping a Sabbath. It is one of the 10 Commandments… God instituted the Sabbath for one simple reason, to remind us that we do not keep the planets in orbit.”
“Good routine can become bad routines if we don’t change the routine.”
“After singing a song 30 times you stop thinking about the lyrics. Maybe the role of a worship leader is to keep the worship from becoming this empty routine. Maybe the role of a teaching pastor is to keep the Bible from becoming routine. Maybe the role of a discipleship pastor is to keep the spiritual adventure an adventure and mix it up… good leaders confuse people.”
“Everything is an experiment.”
