Church… John 17 and Denominationalism (Part 3) 20 Apr 201121 Apr 2011 I'll never forget being asked not to come for lunch. I was, briefly, part of a pastor's luncheon which had enjoyed a recent resurgence in young guys getting together to…
Books… You Can’t Taste The Rainbow, But You Can Eat Skittles: A Review of “Church Planter” 11 Apr 201112 Apr 2011 I simply don’t understand some marketing campaigns, they don’t make any sense. Take for example the Skittles slogan, “Taste the Rainbow.” Now I get what the campaign is attempting to…
Books… Reflections on Malcolm Gladwell’s “Outliers” 29 Jul 201029 Jul 2010 I had never read Malcolm Gladwell before this book, though I had heard great things about his writing and research. It didn't seem, however, on the surface, that he would have…
Books… The Importance of New Perspectives 27 Jul 201027 Jul 2010 I once heard Mark Driscoll say that if your book shelves looked like you just bought out some publishing house then you may have too narrowly limited your sphere of…
Church… Defining Unity for Your Leadership Team 8 Jul 2010 Pastor Mark Driscoll writes, “Unity is gained slowly and lost quickly and therefore must be labored for continually. Unity is so important that Jesus often prayed for it and Paul…
Leadership… Missional Leadership, Part 7 30 Apr 2010 If you do any general survey of Missional literature this word “organic” comes up everywhere. We see it in the language of cultivation. We see it in the discussion of…
Leadership… Missional Leadership, Part 6 26 Apr 2010 Previous models of church leadership sought to generate programs and strategies that had specific applications and required specific methods. The members then would hop on board this program and follow…
Leadership… Missional Leadership, Part 5 23 Apr 2010 An important point needs to be made at this juncture, however: just because the church as a whole (congregation and leadership) have embraced the vision does not mean that the…
Leadership… Missional Leadership, Part 4 22 Apr 2010 What this means for leaders is that time must be spent getting to know a congregation, understanding its strengths and weaknesses, determining its values and passions. It also means…
Leadership… Missional Leadership, Part 3 21 Apr 2010 The first step in the process of bringing a church to embrace the Missional philosophy is to establish a clear vision of the church rooted in Scripture and the Missional…
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