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The Eric Trap Blog Tour: Day 10

by Kenny Conley | Apr 25, 2012 | Ideas, Leadership | 0

Day ten, the end of the second week of the Orange Trap blog tour. It was a great week.

On this day, Jay Martin, Or jaymart as I know him wrote a great post about the book. He included a clip from the famous movie, “Spartacus.” I have to admit, I’ve never seen this movie, but he includes the clip of the famous part of the movie where multiple people stand and say, “I am Spartacus.” Jay described that when he read the book, he immediately identified with Eric Newman and after hearing so many other people declare “I am Eric Newman,” it made him think of this clip.

The Eric Trap Blog Tour: Day 9

by Kenny Conley | Apr 25, 2012 | Ideas, Leadership | 0

I’m writing this several days late. I had a super busy weekend and I’m now at Orange… but I didn’t want to miss pointing out more of the great reviews. So, look for the updates catching everyone up.

Matt Norman who actively blogs over at Kidmin1124.com wrote a great post. Matt simply posted a brief summary of each chapter which is helpful as by just reading his summary’s you’ll see how this book is just right for you. I did love his opening line thought:

“the week caught up with Eric as he buried his face in his hands and wept.” With this one sentence I knew that his book was for me.

I think many people can relate to that experience.

The Eric Trap Blog Tour: Day 8

by Kenny Conley | Apr 19, 2012 | Ideas, Leadership | 0

Yesterday was a big day for The Eric Trap blog tour. We took four virtual stops and people had some great stuff to say! So, let’s get started.

The first stop is over at the Compel Blog, which is the kidmin encouragement/resource blog for the Church of God of Prophecy denomination. Jason Vernon, the blog’s author is the senior pastor at RTP Community Church (which I wrote about a few weeks ago). He’s a great guy and I’m so glad to get the perspective of a senior pastor for this book. What spoke to him most was the chapter on delegation. Craig Gyergyo who wrote that chapter did an incredible job approaching delegation in a very unique way. Many of us do a great job delegating tasks, but we don’t delegate authority, which is huge. This chapter alone is worth the price of the book. Read Jason’s review here.

Book Review: The Checklist Manifesto

by Kenny Conley | Nov 17, 2011 | Ideas, Leadership | 1

As this year is wrapping up, I’m spending more time than usual looking over all that has been done in 2011. One thing I am proud of is that I’ve read many more books than I have in past years. I truly think this can...

Book Review: Lead the Way God Made You

by Kenny Conley | Jul 5, 2010 | Ideas, Leadership | 2

I actually never had any intention of reading this book. The cover and title of this book is very...

A “not-so-new” (but great) leadership resource

by Kenny Conley | Jun 30, 2010 | Leadership | 0

Leadership is an interesting thing, isn’t it. Some of us are born with a natural “know-how.” Others of us have to work really hard at it. All of us get stuck at certain places. As people who oversee ministries,...

Does this stuff drive you nuts?

by Kenny Conley | Mar 17, 2010 | Ideas, Random | 1

The other day I headed over to Phil Vischer’s site (since I subscribe to his blog). He was writing about some of the reviews he has gotten surrounding his new DVD series “What’s in the Bible.” One review...

I read just read The Shack

by Kenny Conley | Oct 30, 2008 | Ideas | 2

My mom brought me her copy of The Shack. I hadn’t heard of it until about two months ago. Apparently I’ve been living in a hole. The only thing I’d really heard about it was that it was stirring up quite a bit...

Book Review: The Fabulous Reinvention of Sunday School

by Kenny Conley | Apr 20, 2007 | Ideas | 4

The Fabulous Reinvention of Sunday School by Aaron Reynolds I can think of only one word to sum up what I thought of this book: Fabulous! Honestly. Last week someone on my staff gave me this book. Although I have a creative...