Writing
A long-running archive for clearer thinking.
This is where the older BrandonACox.com archive and current practical notes live: communication, leadership, WordPress, ministry, family, tools, and the slow work of becoming the kind of person who can carry the work well.
For leaders
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Reflective essays
Faith, humility, discipleship, and inner-life writing now have a more focused home at Walk Humble.
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Message craft
Resources and reflection for preaching, teaching, and communication live at Preaching for Change.
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Published work
I wrote a book about church communications before the tools became ordinary.
Rewired was my attempt to help church leaders think about technology as a way back toward deeper relationships, better conversations, and clearer ways to share good news. I am not trying to turn this page into a bookstore, but the book belongs in the larger story of this archive: communication, ministry, technology, and the long work of helping people connect.
Archive
Recent writing from the archive.
The archive is messy in the human way: leadership notes next to family reflections, old ministry writing next to web and tool experiments. If you are here because a site, message, or communications system needs attention, keep the practical thread in view and start with a clarity review when you are ready.
The Website Is Where the Work Shows Up
A website is not the work. It is where the work shows up.
Everything Is Communication
Communication is not a department. It is how clarity travels through a church, nonprofit, or business.
If You Could Have Just One Tool
The next big shift in technology is the freedom to stop subscribing and start building tools that actually feel like you.
Church Communications Doesn’t Need More Chaos. It Needs a Calmer Center.
Why I’m building Church Comms Dashboard out of 25+ years at the intersection of pastoral ministry, church communications, and web development.
Obsessing Over 5 Year Plans vs. Deepening Your Character
Thoughtful leaders can become so future-driven that they neglect the kind of person they are becoming on the way there.
The Heart of a Lion, the Way of the Lamb
The way of Jesus reveals a deeper kind of strength: courage joined to tenderness, authority joined to sacrifice, and truth joined to love.
The New Red Door of the Church
What if one of the church’s front doors is digital? A reflection on communication, welcome, and why online presence can be pastoral work.
Embracing Slow
Slow is not a retreat from meaningful work. It is a way of resisting hurry so we can become more present to God, ourselves, and the people we lead.
Officially Announcing My New Pastoral Role
I am officially stepping into a seasonal pastoral role with The Neighborhood Church in Bentonville, Arkansas, a season connected to sabbatical care, renewal, and hope.
You Don’t Have to Carry It All
Almost everyone I talk to is feeling the heaviness of the world right now. We’re all carrying the weight of the week’s headlines, the plight of those whose suffering is on display, and the tension of the cultural division we’re experiencing.
Need the thinking turned into a working system?
That is the bridge between the writing and the work: clearer language, a better site path, and practical systems that help people act.