The Seeker-Sensitive Church & Rocky Ground
Churches with rocky ground cannot complain when 20% is carrying 80%. Look at your values. Look at the comfort of your people. Look at how you allocate your resources.
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16 Nov
8 Fantastic Apps Every Mac User Should Have
I love finding new and useful tools that both aid in my daily productivity and push me to develop new ways of organizing and working. The 8 apps below are ones I use almost on a daily basis. Most are free but all are fantastic. If you have others you use please share them!
07 Feb
5 Practices of an Inwardly-Focused Church
This list is nowhere near exhaustive but my hope is that it begins a larger discussion within church leadership as we move forward with the Gospel, let the cross be our focus and the Great Commission to be our ultimate decision filter. I am not isolated from the ideas above but instead include myself whole-heartedly as a prideful sinner in need of divine perspective and grace as often as a heartbeat.
03 Nov
The church Ain’t No Hoe
“Pimpin’ ain’t easy,” and that may be true, but Christians sure make it look like it ain’t no thang. In our attempts to grow the Church and reach the unchurched, we actually exploit her.
02 Nov
Stc Podcast Episode #5
In episode #5 of the SHRINK the church / Spinalcast collab we talk about Harvest Festival, dressing up as each other, metrosexual Roombas, Mariah Carey’s (cougar) pregnancy, the world’s most expensive house, Chilean miner marathon, camp worship leaders that hug the ladies, Christian pet peeves, salvation-thru-fear, prayer etiquette, “The Church Ain’t No Hoe”, and a solid game of hypothetical questions.
26 Oct
The Uncreative Creativity Post
There is no shame in flat-out copying methods from other churches that have proven success with them. Where the problem happens is when church leaders shamelessly produce messages, media and art and try to pass it off as their own.
12 Oct
We Need More Mighty Men
This is 90 seconds of Pastor Mark Connelly from MISSION Community Church in Gilbert, AZ talking about the kind of men we need in the church. I decided to set it to some “Wake Up” by Arcade Fire and transcribe the words. It got me pretty fired up! Maybe it will do the same for [...]
23 Sep
10 Things Your Church Should Avoid in Technology
There aren’t a lot of things out there that give good advice and wisdom on unhealthy social networking habits, technology, and internet usage for church leadership.
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