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.Amidst the changes at Updatable, we started a new company blog. However, it’s not a normal company blog. We’re going to cover marketing, small business, and web technology; not our [...]
Exciting things are happening lately at Updatable. In fact, there’s so much sweet stuff going on that I haven’t had much time to post something worth your time to read. Ever since Maki over at Dosh Dosh wrote a post about effective blogging, What You Don’t Publish Defines Your Site, I’ve been more cautious about [...]
Todd Rhodes is a super guy. He runs Monday Morning Insight, a church leadership news blog. He also works with the Leadership Network and founded, ran, and sold ChurchStaffing.com.
Me: MMI has a pretty hefty following among church leaders. Where did they all come from and how did they find you?
Todd: MMI was actually [...]
Perspective is shaped by so many factors. However, as skewed or inaccurate as a person’s perspective may be, it doesn’t diminish the influence that perspective has on their perception. And, if you’re unaware, perception is reality.
Understanding the perspective of your audience is crucial to understanding their reality. Understanding a person’s reality is the first step [...]
Guy Kawasaki is a small hero of mine. He’s a successful entrepreneur many times over. He runs a capital investment firm called Garage Technology Ventures. He’s the co-founder of several of my favorite sites [Truemors and AllTop - more on these later]. His nickname is the O.G. [Original Gangster] of Apple Inc. and he’s largely [...]
Gone are the days of typing out text messages with only your thumbs. Forget using your phone to send text messages to groups with updates, heads-ups, check this outs, guess whats, and so on.
My brother, the smart one, showed me something a while ago that I only recently realized how useful it can be. It’s [...]
I wrote a couple days ago on The Evolution of Purpose. It was a simple post establishing the reality of our purpose’s openness to change. I think it went over well. No OldTruth.com guys showed up looking for a fight, so I guess that means it wasn’t too controversial.
However, I left it hanging for a [...]
Quick & dirty: I’ve got readers who are in student ministry. So, I figured it was appropriate to get the point-of-view of someone who knows a thing or two about students. Check the image (=>) for a short bio on Terrace.
This interview concerns communication with a young, connected generation.
Me: How has social networking effected the [...]
Purpose has been a buzzword for a while now. Rick Warren made it a super-buzzword when he authored The Purpose Driven Church. Then it became the uber-buzzword after he published The Purpose Driven Life. However, amidst all the buzzing, I haven’t heard much about change. I haven’t heard or read anything discussing whether a purpose [...]
Photo by: Rene S.
I’m not a fan of regular link-vomiting. However, it’s good every once-in-a-while to let your readers know what you’re reading. So, here’s a list of some of the better links I’ve hit this week.
Spinning Plates: How to Succeed with Multiple Projects - Super-useful post on how to manage multiple projects with effectiveness [...]
Me & Erica in Litomerice, CZ