Moving toward something bigger than myself.
Welcome. I write for church leaders on topics like strategy and communication. Since this is your first visit, don’t forget to subscribe to my RSS feed.i’m on my way to a meeting with our interim pastor to talk about something i’ve been waiting to talk about for almost six years. we’re going to talk about [...]
this video is hilarious and captures the difference between using the innovation of others and actually pioneering innovation yourself. enjoy.
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i want to use this post to give some credit to the Transition band. in short, they rock! why? it’s simple, but multi-facted, so hang on.
first, they sound great. after only three weeks of playing together, the folks in this band have the music sounding tight.
second, they never complain. they practice every monday at 7:30 [...]
ok, so i was about to write a nice little post about how there’s these guys who you need to start listening to if you don’t know them. they’re shane and shane and they’re good. so, check them out here.
but what i really want to say is that you simply need to go here, and [...]
when i first heard the term ‘vision,’ i thought of something very unchristianlike. i thought of a fortune teller who sees visions in her crystal ball, a voodoo guy who sees visions in the blood of a chicken, or a sorcerer who sees visions after saying a bunch of magic words.
the truth is that vision [...]
today, my mom came over to spend a little time with me. i was glad because she’s enduring a seriously tough time in her life. i was glad for the chance to encourage her and challenge her during her visit. it was a little impromptu, so i didn’t have time to ‘prepare’ anything appropriate to [...]
wow, that was fast. it took about a week for a full upgrade to go along with the new iWeb. i’m very impressed. that’s all.
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last night i was at the lucas’ house just hanging out. debbie, made dinner, which is always delicious, and rick made a contraption, which is always fun. after eating debbie’s dinner, rick and i set out to test out the contraption.
the contraption wasn’t quite as freakish as some of his previous creations, but it was [...]
i was in the carolinas last weekend with my in-laws (don’t worry, they’re good in-laws) having some fun, attending a wedding, and hopping down to cartersville, ga to visit a rapidly growing church. i was excited to see it, but wasn’t expecting anything more than a mildly contemporary southern bapist church.
boy, was i wrong!
oakleaf is [...]
Me & Erica in Litomerice, CZ