Pastor, Church Communications Guy, Church Website Designer & Blogger
You are where you are because you have followed a path. You've made a series of choices that have brought you to your current spot on life's map, and the Bible lets us know that our default direction is always down the wrong path.
All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own …
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Tony Morgan has released some pretty great books, many of which are available as free ebooks (which are actually books, but with an "e"). He's just released a new follow-up book and it's well worth checking out. Here's his description:
The first eBook in this series, The Leisure Suit Trap: 8 Reasons Your …
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I'm writing this article to a generation that might never have heard the old song, Old Time Religion (so I included a clip from an old movie for you). I grew up in an old-fashioned church. We had an old building, built in 1833, and an old cemetery with civil war era headstones. We sang old songs on old …
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If you've ever watched a space shuttle launch, you know that it's an enormous production. A ton of preparation goes into the event, potentially millions of eyes are watching, and there is a tremendous risk being taken that results in the payoff of having a shuttle in orbit. And when you see the shuttle on the …
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Change is guaranteed to be consistent. Our personal growth is not.
I first met Phil Cooke at a conference at Prestonwood Baptist Church a few years ago where he signed a copy of another of his books for me - Branding Faith. Listening to Phil speak to our breakout session about media and branding fed my …
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That's how God keeps growing us. He never lets us sit still. Even if we spend our entires lives in one place geographically, things are changing inside us and around us all the time.
Our family has been through a lot of changes over the last year and a half. We've added Sam to the family and moved across the …
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I couldn't help but think immediately about churches when I read Seth Godin's post today...
That's not the way we do things around here. …
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I was involved in a fairly deep conversation this morning with a fellow Pastor and mentor about the subject of change. Yes, it's hard. Everyone understands that. But leading change is real leadership. Michael Hyatt said as much in a recent blog post...
My answer to the question is this: Leaders exist to …
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Bobby Gilstrap does a tremendous job of putting on live audio coferences for Pastors and church leaders. He recently hosted Shannon O'Dell of Brand New Church in Bergman, Arkansas on his broadcast. Shannon wrote the book on Transforming Rural Churches in America (which I've reviewed and recommended) and has …
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I grew up in a small, rural community in a small, rural church. I've served as Pastor of small, rural churches as well. So to see that Pastor Shannon O'Dell had written a book on "breaking all the rurals," he had my attention. Upon reading his work, I've been left uncomfortable and disturbed!
In Transforming …
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I'm madly in love with Angie Cox and my two kids. And I'm loved and forgiven by an infinitely gracious God! I'm a Pastor, Church Planter, Editor, and Community Facilitator.
