Six Ways Church Staff Team Members Can Influence The Church
Does the staff influence the church more or does the church influence the staff more? Obviously, they both happen to some degree, but this question has been on my mind. … Read more
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Three Negative Messages You Send When You’re Late
How is it that some people are never late and others always are? How can an issue always arise that creates the conditions for being late? There may a few … Read more
5 Concrete Ways Church Staff Stay Fresh in Ministry
Next week, our church office is beginning to slowly open back up. As I post this, we’ve been living through the 2020 global pandemic that seemed to shut the world … Read more
Move Beyond The Ordinary To Generate Leadership
“Ordinary thinking and ordinary effort are almost never enough to generate leadership.” – Tribes, Seth Godin Could it be that the reason the church has trouble “generating leadership” is because of … Read more
Your Comfort May Be Overrated
In his book, Your Best Year Ever, Michael Hyatt talked about comfort being overrated. “We think that if we had every comfort available, we’d be happy. We equate comfort with … Read more
Get Your Vision from the Clouds to the Calendar
Being a leader at any level requires moving the vision forward every day. If you don’t intentionally cast the vision and keep it in front, it will be impossible to … Read more
12 Things Every Church Ought to Know About Their Community…
The beauty of the church is that it literally everywhere. There are roughly 50 million people in the United states who called themselves believers and attend worship on a regular basis. In … Read more
The World Needs An Alive Church
Spent time in Sunday School last week talking about the Valley of Dry Bones in Ezekiel. Some of the conversation began to center around the church and how the pastor … Read more
Livin’ The Dream Man…
It was about 12:20 am. We’d just stopped at a gas station and while waiting on others from the Harvest band, I was buying an iced tea. There was another guy … Read more
7 Practical Thoughts About Prayer Before Meals
Scripture talks about praying before meals. Jesus modeled it. During the feeding of the 5000 he broke the bread and gave thanks for it. Paul modeled it in a couple … Read more