This has been a busy week, and a lot of things have happened for me to write about.
First, Tony Dungy has been the head football coach of the Indianapolis Colts. His team has won a Super Bowl as well as winning at least 12 games in the last 6 seasons. He is a lock for the Hall of Fame. Yet when his two bosses spoke about him at the conference, Jim Irsay and Bill Pollan both fought back tears. The amazing thing is that it wasn’t so much that Tony was leaving the Indianapolis Colts, but that he had so personally impacted them as a man. Each searched for words and even rambled on and on trying to somehow convey how much they loved this man, not because of his wins, but because they will never be the same as a result of knowing him.
That got me to thinking. What are you going to be known for? It is one thing to be missed because of the success you brought to the company, church, team, etc…, but it is another thing to have people become emotional about your leaving because of what you have done for them as a human being.
On a personal note, I had the opportunity to go to Orlando, Florida this past week. I left Tuesday and got back Saturday afternoon. I was in meetings with pastors from some of the large churches from the Free Methodist Church. It was a good time. It was a time of sharing, praying and discussing the book The IT Factor by Greg Greoschel.
Finally, at Newpointe we are kicking off a new series this Sunday. We are calling it “XCELR8: Experiencing a Breakthrough”. You won’t want to miss a Sunday. Here is what we are talking about
Accelerating our
• Faith
• Fun
• Family
• Finances
• Freedom
