Matt Lipan

@kairyssdal “Natch”

******* Church, this guy is trying to play you as a fool! #HolyWeek #HolyWeek2024 #GoodFriday24 #Bible #Church

On this Good Friday let us not forget that our relationship w/Jesus should inform our politics because vice versa is idolatry. To profit off of a bible as a political tool reminds me of a story some of you might know...

“Religious people love to hide behind religion. They love the rules of religion more than they love Jesus.” ~Mike Yaconelli

“I don’t know if you call them people,” said Trump. “In some cases they’re not people, in my opinion. But I’m not allowed to say that because the radical left says that’s a terrible thing to say.” Correction, Jesus says that’s a terrible thing to say. Come on Church.

@shannonrwatts I couldn’t tell if she was going to start crying, read us a bedtime story, or get pissed at us.

Why is Rep Katie Britt talking like this?

I couldn’t tell if she was going to start crying, read us a bedtime story, or get pissed at us.

I find Sen. Katie Britt’s speech style and delivery very awkward and difficult to engage.

@lcmschurchmouse @edstetzer Oh mouse! How our churches need so many more of you!

@edstetzer It’s comments like this that remind me why I’m grateful to not be a pastor anymore.

@edstetzer If we’re concerned about coffee getting in the way of how we worship God, the Church has plenty of other things we might want to think about.

@danhockenmaier My favorite part of all of this, minus the pic of course, is the commitment to open communication and transparency throughout.

The way that Jensen Huang runs Nvidia is wild: 40 direct reports, no 1:1s - Believes that the flattest org is the most empowering one, and that starts with the top layer - Does not conduct 1:1s - everything happens in a group setting - Does not give career advice - "None of my management team is coming to me for career advice - they already made it, they're doing great" No status reports, instead he "stochastically samples the system" - Doesn't use status updates because he believes they are too refined by the time they get to him. They are not ground truth anymore. - Instead, anyone in the company can email him their "top five things" with whatever is top of mind, and he will read it - Estimates he reads 100 of these everyone morning Everyone has all the context, all the time - No meetings with just VPs or just Directors - anyone can join and contribute - "If you have a strategic direction, why tell just one person?" - "If there is something I don't like, I just say it publicly" - "I do a lot of reasoning out loud" No formal planning cycles - No 5 year plan, no 1 year plan - Always re-evaluating based on changing business and market conditions (helpful when AI is developing at the pace that it is) This org is optimized for (1) attracting amazing people, (2) keeping the team as small as it can be, and (3) allowing information to travel as quickly as possible

First time in 20yrs not being responsible for Easter or Holy Week services as a pastor. While there is plenty I could say about that, I will say…the grave is empty, so Church, start living that way! #Easter

...I put this on church people...we could single-handedly change the relationship our country has w/guns if we could get over ourselves & stop pretending like Jesus cares more about our access to guns than he does about people's access to food, shelter, healthcare, & education.

Over 125 mass shootings in the US already this year...13 of those at schools where someone was injured or killed...

Missions are specific opportunities to show people Jesus. More show and less tell. #pastorpeanutgallery #othersideofthepulpit

If your church is not doing a congregational “welcome time,” they better be some of the most outgoing, welcoming church people around…which I’m guessing they’re not…so just do the greeting time!