Pastor, Church Communications Guy, Church Website Designer & Blogger
When it comes to leading a strong ministry and building a healthy church, it takes more than solid theology or smart strategy. In fact, it takes a combination of those, plus the Spirit's leading and empowerment. I think of these three as pillars of a dynamic ministry.
Every church needs to be led by a Pastor …
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Some churches don't want a recovery ministry - a ministry that specializes in helping people deal with their addictions and pain - because of the messes they'd have to get involved in. That's tragic. Most churches in this category are less than a generation from their graves because they've forsaken the …
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If Proverbs could have a 32nd chapter of nuggets of wisdom, David Chrzan would write it. In the five years or so that I've known and worked with David, he's repetitively dropped advice that has shaped my own philosophy of leadership. For example, in a recent conversation David said, "You can have growth or you …
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As we develop a driving philosophy of why to take up the mantle of social media engagement, it’s important to understand that the purposes for engaging the culture this way are the same purposes that led the church to engage with the world before the Internet ever existed.
We engage because the world needs …
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The following is a brief excerpt from my new book Rewired: How Using Today’s Technology Can Bring You Back to Deeper Relationships, Real Conversations, and Powerful Ways to Share God’s Love available at a bookstore near you.
Silence has a tendency to ruin things—not everything, mind you. We often need to …
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Charles Stone has that rare gift of knowing and speaking directly to the heart of today’s shepherd-leader about the one big leadership issue we all have but rarely admit – our tendency to want to be liked. He cuts through the fluff and helps us recognize our tendency to be people pleasers and gives us a …
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A snapshot taken in our first official "second" service, 1/19/2014.
I am humbled! Today marked the 2nd anniversary of our launch as Grace Hills Church. Today, we also launched a second morning worship service - something I'll write about later. And today, we began a new teaching series called Healing: …
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It's nonsense that you must agree with people to #love them. I often disagree with people I deeply love. I married one!— Rick Warren (@RickWarren) January 17, 2014
Pastor Rick, I agree. But even if I didn't, I'd still love you.
We do have the impression in our culture that to disagree is to be …
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"The New Testament is the only model we need!" There, I went ahead and said that for you. It's out of the way. For those pastors and church leaders who highly value the New Testament AND actually want to accomplish something meaningful, read on...
Every church follows a model. Most of the church leaders who …
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Be real with people, or be prepared to lose them. It's hard. As Pastor Rick Warren wrote in a recent article, we all fight against three particular fears: the fear that we will be exposed for who we truly are, the fear that we will be rejected, and the fear that we will be hurt again.
We overcome those fears …
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How Using Today’s Technology Can Bring You Back to Deeper Relationships, Real Conversations, and Powerful Ways to Share God’s Love
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I'm madly in love with Angie Cox and my three kids. And I'm loved and forgiven by an infinitely gracious God! I'm a Pastor, Church Planter, Editor, and Community Facilitator.
