Leadership & Market Place Ministry: February 2015

Saturday, February 28, 2015

11 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Matt Carter

Live Blog From Velocity 2015 Conference: 11 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Matt Carter

In an effort to add value to pastors and church leaders, today I am attending the Velocity 2015 Conference for church planters.
The opening day’s final speaker was Matt Carter the Pastor of Preaching and Vision for Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, TX.
The following are 11 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Matt Carter:

Step 1 in casting vision is to make sure your people love Jesus more than they love the vision you are casting.
The first thing Jesus tells the church of Ephesus that He loves about them is they have sound doctrine.
The last thing I want to do is pastor a church Jesus ain’t at.
Make sure your vision is God’s vision.
If God doesn’t build the vision, He will tear it down.
Cast first to your church those visions you absolutely know are the Lord’s.
There’s all kind of vision in this Book. Just open it up and your people will follow.
Make sure your vision is biblical. You want to make sure you can defend the vision biblically.
When your vision is a biblical vision, the people arguing with it are not arguing with you. They are arguing with God.
Make sure you are passionate about the vision.
Let’s be pastors who cast vision that are worth people giving their life for.

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20 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Leonce Crump

Live Blog From Velocity 2015 Conference: 20 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Leonce Crump

In an effort to add value to pastors and church leaders, today I am attending the Velocity 2015 Conference for church planters.
The afternoon’s first speaker was Leonce Crump spoke on leading an extraordinary family, particularly in ministry.
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The following are 20 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Leonce Crump:

Success is something that has driven me most of my life.
I hire shepherds to mitigate my hostility. They will bandage the wounded and keep the battle moving forward.
I was self-aware but not very self-disciplined. I was working 80-90 hours a week as a pastor.
The Lord reminded me that unless He build the house it won’t be built.
Christ called you to lead His church but not love it to death.
Men, don’t be an adulterer…I’m talking about adultery with Christ’s bride.
Jesus is responsible to love his bride. Why are we creeping around late at night with Jesus’s bride and then spiritualize it. It’s adultery. We’re married to the church and our wives suffer.
I’m not supposed to cheat on my wife with the church and then use spiritual language.
The church does not belong to you. The church does not need you. The church belongs to Jesus Christ.
Our role is stewardship, not ownership.
Love is not an emotion after all. It is a covenant.
Create space with your wife to be face-to-face.
Make decisions that allow her to prosper even if it costs you something.
Being face-to-face means cancelling some meetings and giving up some opportunities.
Lead your children to love Christ’s church.
Half my staff are recovering church kids.
I invite my children into my travel schedule.
If the only words you children receive from you are rebuke without praise, you will provoke them to anger.
Have a vision for your family.
We put all this energy into the vision of the church and you have no vision for your family.

4 Reasons I Am A Born Again Entrepreneur

I admire leaders who exceed their potential and make a significant impact in the lives of others and the world. How these successful leaders think and what they prioritize challenges me to become a better leader myself. One such leader is my good friend Bryan Miles.
Bryan and his wife Shannon are amazing leaders who own a number of companies. One of which is MAG Bookkeeping, an organization which helps churches maintain financial accountability.
In the post below, Bryan shares what God is currently doing in his life. It is a fascinating look into the mind of a leader who is reaching his full potential. Let his thoughts challenge and encourage you.
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This post is not what you think it’s going to be. Yes, I have a personal relationship with Jesus, but this is not what this post is about. This post is about my recognition that I am more of an entrepreneur than I am a manager.
Four years ago today my wife and I embarked on creating our company and it’s been a surreal ride since December 1, 2010. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that we would own three separate corporate entities/businesses, with clients around the globe, spanning multiple markets and industries, engaging with highly visible market leaders, and managing a payroll with more than 300 wonderful souls. Almost from day one, I realized that if these businesses were to grow, both Shannon and I needed to get out of the way and hire and empower people better than us to run the day-to-day.
In four short years this is what I have discovered about being a single-company owner versus a multiple-company owner and why I know I am a born again entrepreneur.

Single-company owners worry, obsess and scrutinize the details of their business. Entrepreneurs empower leaders to do it for them.
Managers manage their area with intense focus. Entrepreneurs focus on the opportunity and let others run with it. Steve Jobs obsessively focused on one thing to make Apple great. Warren Buffet, from Berkshire Hathaway, focuses on great companies with people like Steve Jobs in them.
Managers run one thing as a single-company owner. Entrepreneurs who want to have multiple companies don’t run anything. They own things, not run them.
Entrepreneurs are more tempted by what is outside of their existing businesses than what is inside of them.

I know that I am a born again entrepreneur and not a manager because Shannon and I are currently evaluating two new businesses to start possibly within the next fiscal year. That would bring us to five companies in total. To do so, we must focus on finding wonderful leaders who can run these companies connected to our mission and values … and ultimately making people’s lives better.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

25 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From McFarland, USA

McFarland, USA is absolutely incredible and a movie everyone should see. This movie chronicles the story of coach Jim White’s, played by Kevin Costner, relocation of his family to the Mexican-American farming community of McFarland, CA where he became the town’s high school cross country coach.
If you are looking for a family-friendly, inspirational movie about perseverance, family and the power of community, look no farther than McFarland, USA. You will not be disappointed.
The following are 25 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From the absolutely wonderful McFarland, USA:

The Only Difference Between Anger And Danger Is A “D” – Leaders often lose influence when they lose control of their emotions. Coach White’s only option for employment was a school in one of the poorest cities in America after his anger resulted in a teenager getting injured.
Leaders Want Options – After Coach White’s family arrived in their new McFarland home, he said despondently, “We’ve got to make it work. We don’t have another choice.”
The Power Of Persistence – One of the runners said to Coach White, “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight. It’s the size of the fight in the dog.” To which Coach White responded, “Depends on the size of the dog.”
Leaders Build The Self-Esteem Of Those They Serve – After being removed from an assistant football coach job after just one game, one of the runners told Coach White, “They’re treating you like a picker.”
There Is A Fine Line Between Success And Failure – There was a striking parallel in that a federal prison (failure) was right next to the high school (opportunity).
Churches Should Prioritize Ministry To The Next Generation – One of the schools teachers told Coach White, “These kids, this is the best years of their life. If we’re going to reach them, now is the time.”
Out Of Great Calamity Comes Great Opportunity – Coach White made an interesting observation. What better place could you find a cross country team than with kids who eat the right foods, pick in extreme heat and running is their primary mode of transportation?
Great Leaders Recruit Influencers First – After identifying which students would make the best members of the cross country team, Coach White recruited one of the Diaz brothers because he would bring his two other brothers with him.
Great Leaders Give People A Picture Of A Brighter Tomorrow – Coach White gave the team a picture of how running could benefit them and their families.
The Chain Is Only As Strong As Its Weakest Link – The Diaz brother enlisted to recruit his brothers was the slowest runner on their team. However, by the movie’s end, his contributions were critical to the team’s success.
Losing Is Never Easy For Great Leaders – Coach White told the team after losing their initial race, “What is hard is watching someone pass you on a hill…What is hard is losing.”
Great Leaders Trust Their Preparation – They lost their first race because of how they ran the hills. But after training differently, Coach White confidently acknowledged, “When we see a hill we’re going to smile.”
Going To A Higher Level Requires A Different Set Of Skills – To help the team cope better with racing through the mountains, Coach White demanded they “change gears going up a hill.”
Leaders Get Better With Focus – Sometimes a lack of options is good for leaders. It eliminates distractions. Coach White told Thomas Valles, “Running is all you got.”
Great Leaders Connect With Those They Are Called To Serve – Coach White took a day to pick cabbage with three of the Diaz brothers and their families. This brought him credibility with the Diaz family.
Great Leaders Provide Solutions – After working a day in the fields, the exhausted Coach White worked out a schedule which allowed the Diaz family to continue making income while also racing.
Even Great Leaders Make Mistakes – Coach White forgot his daughter’s birthday.
Great Leaders Do Not Focus On Negatives – To relieve some of the team’s pressure, Coach White said, “Quit staring at the mountain. It’s not going anywhere.”
Great Leaders Give Their People An Identity – One of the runners wrote, “When we run we own the earth…We’re not immigrants anymore.”
Great Leaders Have High Pain Tolerance – When comparing his team to others, Coach White reminded them of what they face everyday and said, “It comes down to which runner can handle the pain.”
Great Leaders Give Their People New Experiences – After making the state finals, Coach White took his team to experience something they never had before – the beach.
Great Leaders Are Protected By Their Teams – When Coach White’s daughter was involved in a random act of violence, the entire cross country team provided protection by jumping in front of her.
Great Leaders Prioritize Relationships – When considering leaving McFarland after the incident, Coach White’s wife Cheryl weighed the value of the friendships they had made. She said, “Jim, the owner of the store has a name and he’s our friend.”
Leaders Make Their Teams Feel They Can Accomplish Anything – Before the final race, Coach White said to the team, “You run like you’re superhuman. There’s nothing you can’t do with that kind of strength.”
Leaders Validate Their Teams – He concluded by saying, “You’ve got the biggest hearts I’ve ever seen.”

The 5 Stages Of Failure

Failure is something all leaders must deal with. Personal failure. Team failure. Unmet expectations. Failure hurts. It cause us to question ourselves, our skills, our team, everything. Every leader will fail. This issue becomes how you handle it.
I am reading Tim Stevens’s incredible new book Fairness Is Overrated. It is the finest church leadership book I have read since Andy Stanley’s Deep And Wide. In one of the chapters, Tim discusses the 5 Stages Of Failure.
This chapter resonated with me because of some issues I am currently dealing with. I bet they will resonate with a number of other people reading this site as well. The following are The 5 Stages Of Failure:

Justified Reasoning – Tim brings up some constant excuses made by church leaders, “Well, our numbers are down because of the weather. People aren’t reading their Bible because we have so many seekers. The economy is in the tank so people aren’t giving.” When failure happens, many leaders’ initial default mode is justified reasoning. Over time this can look like making excuses. Do not ignore trends.
Questioning – More justified reasoning – “Perhaps the stats are wrong. Maybe we didn’t ask the question in the right way. I bet a certain category of people refused to take the survey, and so the results are skewed.” If the numbers are not to our liking, we often question its validity. It is easier to blame the numbers than take personal responsibility as a leader.
Blaming – Our frustration leads us to blame our team, the congregation or someone else. Tim had an excellent insight for pastors and church leaders when noting, “Rather than lead people through difficulty, we preach them through it.”
Redefining – In this stage leaders will redefine what success looks like rather than addressing the failure. Tim gives and example, “Well, it’s not attendance that really matters anyway. We’d rather have a hundred mature believers than a crowd of a thousand immature believers.”
Leading – After enough time has passed, the best leaders finally realize it is time to address the issue and then lead. No more reasoning. No more questioning. No more blaming. No more redefining. The best leaders now move to solutions. Failure brings conflict and crisis. But failure also reveals who your best leaders are. They rally the team, give them hope and move everyone towards a brighter tomorrow.

If you are currently experiencing failure in your church or organization, what phase are you in?
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Saturday, February 21, 2015

24 Things Champions Think

24 Things Champions Think – Pre-Game Leadership Quotes From Nick Saban And Others

Tonight is the national championship game between the Florida State Seminoles and Auburn Tigers. The following are the pre-game leadership quotes leading up to the contest. These insights give us great perspective into what is expected to succeed at the highest level.

Expect Miracles – “A miracle at its core is a violation of the rules of experience and the laws of nature.” – Tom Rinaldi
HIgh Achievement Motivation and Low Anxiety – “You want your team to have high achievement motivation and low anxiety.” – Nick Saban
Expect Greatness – “Where was it written we can’t blow out every team we play?” – Jameis Winston
Seize Opportunity – “Every high school player and college player dreams of playing in a game like this.” – Saban
Care About Others – “What separates him (Jimbo Fisher) from all the rest is he is a fantastic play-caller. He plays the game through the quarterback’s eyes. ” – Saban
Stay Humble – “Regarding the Heisman, who are you is more important than what you do. Don’t let this award change who you are, how you treat people. Let this award be a blessing that you got out and provide leadership and an example so this award means something.” – Saban
Overcome Adversity – “There’s going to adversity in this game.” – David Pollack
A Healthy Sense Of Pride – “To get to a national championship you have to have a lot of pride in what you do.” – Tim Taboo
Change Of Perspective – “You cannot win as an underdog unless the coach convinces you you’re not an underdog.” – Lou Holtz
Focus – “Stay focused on doing your job. Don’t let the (Heisman) award change how you play.” – Saban
Consistency – We’re going to keep doing the same things that got us here. – Gus Malzahn
Simplicity Not Complexity – They only run a few plays but do them from a lot of formations. – Tebow
Finish Well – “A lot of teams don’t know how to finish.” – Tre Mason
Know Your Strengths – “The big people (lineman) are the difference in our league.” – Saban
Prioritize What Is Important – “Jimbo built this team just like we built the team at LSU. We have critical factors, size and speed, at each position.” – Saban
Be Realistic – “Dreams are never supposed to come true. That’s why their dreams.” – Fisher
Control Your Environment – “You don’t try to stop him (Winston). You try to control him.” – Tebow
Be A Compliment Your Teammates – “The thing about this receiving corp (FSU) is that they compliment each other.” – Saban
Be In Rhythm – “Is he (Winston) going to be in rhythm? That will tell you whether Auburn’s defense has confused him or not.” – Saban
Have Fun – “Live in the moment. Enjoy this. You’ve worked hard for this. Have fun and live in the moment.” – Johnny Manziel
Develop A Competitive Spirit – “This is one of the greatest competitors I’ve ever faced in 40 years of coaching.” – Saban on Manziel
Be Disciplined – “Discipline or lack of discipline will win your lose this game against Auburn.” – Saban
Make A Difference – “Creative negative plays against Auburn.” – Saban
Talent Matters – “Players win games and FSU has better players.” – Pollack

8 Leadership Lessons I Learned From Being Sick

Rarely do I ever get sick enough to be shut down. I don’t have time to get sick. You probably don’t either. I mean there are people to see and things to do, right? I usually get a change-of-seasons cold or sinus infection but you just need to power through that. “Don’t call in. Crawl in”, a former boss used to tell me.
This past Friday I felt something coming over me, but as has been my custom, I was just going to “power through it.” By 4:30 PM I couldn’t keep my head up at my desk. Fortunately, I had hit my weekly goals so I shut it down. However, by 8:30 PM I had become physically ill. The flu had officially set it.
The next 24 hours featured debilitating physical illness followed by 24 more hours of painful recovery. You’ve probably had the flu so you know the process.
This past weekend taught me the following 8 Leadership Lessons I Learned From Being Sick:

Leaders Should Be Grateful – I was sick, very sick. However, there are many people who are far more sick than I was. There are those experiencing far more pain and agony. My flu would eventually pass. Some people’s physical ailments will not. I have a lot to be grateful for and so do you.
What Leaders Do In Moderation Their Teams Do In Excess – Prior to my getting sick, my wife had a bad cold. I spent some time taking care of her. Taking care of her if you consider “Honey, can you put the towels in the dryer”, “Can you run to the store”, and “Can you turn the volume down?” taking care of someone. But obviously what she had in moderation I would catch in excess. Leadership is exactly the same way.
Leaders Need Rest – Once I got sick, I was just praying I could sleep through it. Sometimes we can become better leaders simply by getting the appropriate amount of rest.
Leaders Need Recovery Time – It has been 96 hours since Friday evening and I am only operating at about 70% efficiency. I still have not fully recovered. When leaders face challenging times, they must factor in the recovery time which will be required on the backend.
Being Down Causes Leaders To Miss Things – On Saturday evening, the Indianapolis Colts trailed the Kansas City Chiefs 31-10 at halftime. I told my wife, “unless a miracle happens this game is over. I’m going back to bed until the 49ers game at 8 o’clock.” At 8:00 PM EST I got out of bed, turned on the television and missed the 2nd greatest comeback in NFL history. Being down causes leaders to miss things.
Leaders Need Great People Around Them – During my illness, my wife was absolutely spectacular. As leaders, we will all reach a place that is beyond our competencies, skills and abilities. Leaders need talented people around them to accomplish what God has called them to do.
Leaders Need Their Family – On Monday afternoon my quarantine from my daughter had concluded. I was never so happy as when she walked in to my office just to say “Hello” since she hasn’t been able to see me for a few days.
Leaders Need God – I’m just going to tell it like it is. When you are in the bathroom so violently sick that your ribs are still soar three days later, you are reduced to crying out to God for help. Recently, God has placed me in a variety of situations where I realize my absolute futility without Him. This was a another example of my need for absolute surrender to His purposes in my life.

I don’t like being sick. No one does. But it did remind me of what was really important. What lessons have you taken from being sick?

33 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Rick Warren’s Ted Talk

If you are not already doing so, pastors and church leaders should spend large amounts of quality time learning from the business community. God can teach us much truth from those who show great leadership acumen in the business sector.
However, I deeply believe the best learning that can take place in leadership circles is when the business community learns from local church leaders. In fact, the greatest leadership taking place in the world is in local churches. The best communicators. The highest stakes (Heaven and hell). Volunteer armies. And in local churches, addictions are broken. Marriages are restored. Families are re-united. The hungry are fed. The naked find clothes. And most importantly, people are redeemed and given new life.
A clear example of the great value Christian leaders can bring the business community is shown above when the incomparable Rick Warren delivered his amazing TED Talk. After watching the video, I captured the following 33 quotes and lessons which are applicable to anyone who leads in the church, business, non-profit or athletic communities.

Everybody wants to be relevant. We want to be relevant personally. We want to be relevant in our businesses.
When the speed of change around an organization is faster than the speed of change within the organization, the organization becomes irrelevant.
Everything is getting faster…Nothing is slowing down. The tendency towards irrelevance is much faster than it was 10 years ago.
For the first 15 years of Saddleback Church, we great 47% a year on average which meant every year I had to have a new structure.
What worked with 50 people didn’t work with 150 didn’t work at 350 people didn’t work at 1000 didn’t work at 2000 didn’t work at 5000 didn’t work at 10,000 didn’t work at 20,000.
I have still 60 people with me from the church 32 years ago. Can you imagine their culture shock?
Relevance is a choice. Relevance is a decision you choose to do. If you don’t choose it, you become irrelevant very, very quickly.
If you’re going to stay relevant, there are 3 factors you’re going to have to deal with the rest of your life. 1. Corporate Culture 2. Personal Leadership 3. Stakeholder Emotions and that’s the most important to deal with.
Develop A Lab Mentality
You have to create a culture where you’re constantly experimenting and you never, never, never stop experimenting.
In experiments you fail most of the time but you learn to fail fast.
At Saddleback we’re not that smart we’re just not afraid to fail.
If you always do what you’ve always done you’re going to be irrelevant because you can’t use yesterday’s solutions in tomorrow’s world.
Never Stop Learning
Growing organizations require growing leaders. The moment you stop growing your organization stops growing.
All leaders are learners. The moment you stop learning, you stop leading.
It’s not dedication. It’s not desire. Skill brings success.
You’re never wasting your time when you’re sharpening your ax.
Acknowledge The Grief
There is no growth without change. There is no change without loss. There is no loss without pain. There is no pain without grief.
Growth requires loss because you have to let go of the old to grab hold of the new.
People in your organization during change who you think are oppositional are just grieving.
Grief is a good thing because it gets you through the transitions of life.
Grief won’t kill your company. Fear will. Resentment will. Bitterness will. Failure to change will. But grief won’t kill your company.
Your gonna have to learn with people’s emotions.
You have to learn to honor the past without perpetuating the past. We all are products of our past but not prisoners of it.
Honor the emotions of people who invested in the previous thing.
Don’t try to be in style because things invariably go out of style. If you tie your identity to the spirit of the age, nothing stays the same.
The only way to be eternally relevant is to be timeless.
What’s life going to be like in 10 years. The truth is nobody knows.
Vision is not the ability to foretell the future. Vision is the ability to see an opportunity in the current circumstance and jump on it. To be fast, fluid and flexible.
I don’t know what’s going to change in Orange County in the next 10 years. I know what’s not going to change – People are still going to get married. People are still going to get divorced. People are still going to have babies. People are still going to deal with worry, fear, and anger and bitterness and loneliness.
I build what I’m called to do on things that aren’t going to change.

15 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Lone Survivor Movie

Some movies need to be taken very seriously. When I watch a movie like Thor: The Dark World, it is simply for entertainment and escapism. Today, however, I saw Lone Survivor, the story Petty Officer 1st Class Marcus Luttrell and the 4-man SEAL team sent to capture and/or kill Taliban leader Ahmad Shah.
The movie is raw, unfiltered, and riveting.
Each time I watch a movie based upon our the heroism of our American troops, those who protect the freedoms we so often take for granted, I am deeply humbled and thankful. The level of skill, commitment, preparation, courage and bravery of these men and women is indescribable and deserves the highest respect.
With that said, the following are just 15 of the Leadership Quotes and Lessons I gleaned from Lone Survivor. You will probably capture much more additional leadership content when you see the movie.

These Are Real People With Real Families – Once again, Thor is a comic book. These are real human beings with families and post-war issues. They deserve our utmost respect.
“Anything worth doing is worth over-doing. Moderation is for cowards.” – The Navy SEALS model the value of preparation.
“There are no curses. It’s just Afghanistan.”
Leaders Make The Hard Calls – The pivotal point in the film takes place when a decision must be made by the SEAL team about what to do when the team encounters a group of goat herders. When hard decisions are to be made, leaders must stand up and be decisive.
When Communication Fails, Your Mission Is Compromised – For mission and vision to be advanced, leaders must continually over-communicate with those they are called to serve.
“Isn’t that how things work? Good things happen to good people?”
“Danny, get ready to fight.” – When it comes time to take action, leaders must trust their training and preparation.
“If God’s looking out for us I’d hate to say Him pissed.”
“We’re all shot. Can you fight?” – The pain threshold and level of commitment of the soldiers in this film cannot be understated.
“You can die for your country. I’m going to live for mine.” – When tough times come, leaders must have deep commitment to the mission and vision to see it come to pass.
Leaders Pay A Much Deeper Price Than Followers – One of the films most moving times was when Lt. Mike Murphy gave his life to re-establish communications allowing an extraction to take place for his teammates.
When Calamity Strikes You Are Often Forced To Seek Assistance From Unexpected Sources – After crawling through the woods, Luttrell was rescued and aided by the Afghan villagers of Sabray.
“Brave men fought and died building a reputation I uphold.” – All leaders stand on the shoulders of those who came before them. Great leaders honor the past.
“A part of me on that mountain died.”
“There’s a storm inside of us. I’ve heard many team guys speak of this. A burning. A river. A drive.” – Leaders have a deep burden that propels which followers cannot understand.

The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of February 16th

These are serious times for Christian leaders. I have a sense of urgency unlike anytime in my 49 years on the planet. The attacks on the beliefs and actual lives of Christians are driving Christian leaders like myself to my knees and crying out, “Lord, give me the skill and strength to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ with greater boldness!”
These posts are important. Churches need to thrive. Christian leaders need courage, protection and to be prayed for. We need greater influence in our communities and around the world.
We need God’s help. We need His protection. We need greater courage and boldness.
The following are The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of February 16th:

Stop Trying To Make Perfect Decisions by Jon Acuff
How To Keep Your Best Staff Members From Leaving by Paul Alexander
Cyber Church: Pastors And The Internet by The Barna Group
5 Things Every Church Planter Needs by Derwin Gray
3 Secret Fears Of A Missionary by Chris Lautsbaugh
Urgent Call For Intercession Over Franklin Graham by Jennifer Leclaire of CharismaNews.com
The Critics Will Win If You Let Them: 3 Lessons For Church Leaders From Canada’s Love/Hate Relationship With Target by Carey Nieuwhof. Also, if you have not heard my podcast interview with Carey, click HERE.
Should We Pray For The Defeat Of ISIS, Or Their Conversion by Russell Moore
When Being A Mom Is Hard by Lysa TerKeurst
9 Current Multisite Trends For 2015 by Jim Tomberlin via Tony Morgan