Leading Powerfully
Ken Davis is a brilliant communicator. One hilarious guy and as solid as they come. I attended (and graduated) from Ken's Dynamic Communicator's Workshop, where I personally met Ken and his wife. Note: if you are a…
alpha male
Carlos at Ragamuffin Soul (one of the best blogs on the dub-ya), has a great post here, where he summarizes a recent talk by Jon Tyson. Given the current happenings at Willow, it leaves many of…
throwing out the stale songs
I had a flashback last week. We are going paperless and are converting all our songs to Planning Center Online. In an effort to do so, I was going through several years of songs in my files…
Willow Creek Resignations
Wow. Willow Creek Community Church reports that Gene Appel and Randy Frazee have resigned Willow and will be serving as Sr Pastors in other churches. Hybels will assume the role of Lead Pastor at Willow. I am…
Interview with Sally Morgenthaler
Author, musician, worship leader, theologian, and cultural diva Sally Morgenthaler recently sat down with Alan Roxburgh at the Allelon Institute and discussed the role of worship and the church. Sally is a friend and a solid leader. …
quick interview with dave ferguson
Dave Ferguson is the Lead Pastor of Community Christian Church in Chicago, co-author of The Big Idea, and Head Honcho of The NewThings Network. Dave lives and breathes Christ and the multi-site church. Next time you see…
what the church could learn from springsteen // 04
Rick Newman brings us our number three thing we could learn from Bruce: Share the credit. There's been a lot of hype about Springsteen reuniting with his famed E Street Band for the first full tour since…
what the church could learn from springsteen // 03
In part 3 of the Springsteen series, we explore another thought from Rick Newman and US News and World Report. Rick's third observation from the Boss is that he gives the people what they want. Here are…
encouragement destroys
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness. - Heb 3:13 Sin is deceitful. It lies to me. Makes me think…
mentoring leaders
Dr. Wayne Cordeiro, Sr Pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Oahu, cranks it out again. Pastor Wayne authors Mentoring Leaders, a blog for church leaders. In Cordeiro-esque fashion, he keeps the articles brief and packed with…