My name is Taylor, and I'm a writer for the WCA. Having just joined the team this past April, I have been spending a lot of time working on and anticipating the Summit. I love what is taking place here, and it's exciting for me as a leader and follower of Jesus to meet together with so many other people that share a similar vision and bright hope for the future.

It's because of this great gathering of people that I am so excited about interacting. There are tons of bloggers out there, and many of you have been engaging the sessions and sending us texts and emails with all kinds of questions, ideas, and thoughts on anything and everything related to the Summit.

We'll be posting answers to your questions here in our blog starting with some questions from Session 1 with Bill Hybels yesterday.  The answers you'll find are from the speakers themselves, from backstage conversations, and from the Leadership Unscripted bonus lunch-time Q&A sessions with Summit speakers.

Keep asking your questions and we'll keep answering them!  Here now is our first question from Session 1.

Q: Would you flesh out the concept of "trial decision-making"? What does that look like practically?

A: During the Leadership Unscripted Session on Thursday, Bill responded to this with an example of something that happened at Willow this week. A new staff member was needed to oversee an important area of ministry and he had 48 hours to make the call. His process was first to mentally pick a potential candidate and ponder this person for 4-5 hours. At the end of the day, he sensed no life and peace with this potential choice. The next morning, he repeated the process with another person in mind, sensing more peace with this candidate. After discussions with fellow staff members, he made the decision to select this individual. He didn't jump into a hasty decision, but rather using the "trial decision-making process," made the call by the 48-hour deadline, with a true sense of peace.