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Fernando, Jon, Ronnie & Todd. One waiters, one electrician, along with a husband & wife photographer team, what on earth could they have in common? They are all really good at their job, but really that doesn’t get them in a blog post. No, they are great at their jobs and make you glad they [...]

I’ve heard a lot of talk the past few years on fast companies are the new big. Where conglomerates once stood now are surrendering their places to companies that are able to react quickly. However being able to jump from one trend to another isn’t good enough. (See my post from last week ) A [...]

Don’t just do what is trendy. How many congregations are doing social media and have absolutely no idea why? How many pastors have a blog and have no idea why? Are you multi-site with a vision, or just because it worked for another congregation? Trends are short sited, God’s calling is eternal. Better for a [...]

Hype is giving something more exposure than it is due. This takes place all the time. American news is almost entirely hype, focusing on short term unimportant news entertainment. Our lives are so sadly centered around celebrities. Let me translate that for you: centered around people we have never meet! Quit the hype, focus on [...]

A congregation hires a new pastor, John, he has some mad tech knowledge so they put him in charge of technology, for this post we will look at acquisitions. There are two roads this guy can take, one is helpful to everyone, the other ticks off his fellow pastors and slows down their work. Road [...]

There is a new year approaching. For some of us this will really be a year with a life changing event. Kid born, marriage, a loved one dies, become an empty nester. However can we be honest, this isn’t the year where the world is going to just get better on it’s own. (If Jesus [...]

There is no denying that we are in the Christmas season. This time when we celebrate Christ’s birth. Yet I can’t help but think that we are in the same kind of silence that the people of Israel were on the holiest of nights. We are approaching 2,000 years since the last word of Scripture [...]

With the Christmas season upon us, the new year about to be rung in, it is time for me to look back and see how the site has done. Against the advise of many blogging experts I don’t monitor metrics for this site. I blog about what I like to write about. So here are [...]

Things are going on in my life that should terrify me, and to be honest, at times they do. During these times the Enemy has continued to chant in my ear, “there is no way God could love me.” As I have dwelt upon this thought I have come to one conclusion, Satan is telling [...]

Scripture makes clear that the local church is to do specific things. The congregation is expected to meet regularly for worship and prayer. As well as mutually encourage one another. Some would say that all of these things can be accomplished in Sunday morning worship. Other’s would drive for program after program to accomplish these goals. But there comes a [...]