As I coach pastors and church leaders, one of the most common issues we discuss is, how can we help guests connect and move toward being committed church members? And I can say, without a doubt, that the single most important way to help new attenders take that step...
While I’m no fan of fighting crowds for the best deal on a big screen, I’ve learned that Black Friday and Cyber Monday provide an excellent opportunity to make improvements in my online business and pick up new digital products. Each year, I put together a...
I’m trying something kind of new this week – sharing a list of ten things that have inspired me that I think YOU would benefit from reading. Find those in the list at the end, but first, a quote about prayer… “Prayers are prophecies. They are...
Welcome to this week’s roundup of awesome resources for leaders! On a personal note, if you missed the news, our church is buying a building and moving (or at least we’re in the middle of the process of trying very hard to do so). Pray for us! Featured...
I am not one to get up on Black Friday before the crack of dawn and go fight for a parking spot for a killer deal on a flat screen. But I do like to take advantage of the opportunity to score some helpful educational and technical resources, and maybe a random fun...
Thanks for checking out this week’s list of articles and resources for leaders, creatives, and online marketers. Featured Resource The featured resource this week is definitely the lifetime access to Read It For Me’s book summaries and videos. Earlier this...
I’ve had a lot of conversations lately with leaders who have a lot of potential influence. I share similar thoughts with each of them about how to make things happen in the online space. Out of those conversations, I wrote a blog post over at my marketing...
Core values are like guard rails. They keep you from straying off the path. Tom Watson says that every successful organization has “beliefs” that come before its practices. When we put practices before beliefs, we usually blow it somehow. At our church, we...
The growth of email users and their frequency of use is incredible… The number of e-mail users worldwide is forecasted to rise to 2.9 billion users by 2019. (Source). The number of e-mail users in the US is projected to grow to 244.5 million by the end of 2017....
There’s a good new book out called Essentialism, by Greg McKeown. You’ve heard of minimalism no doubt, and the concepts are very similar. Essentialism is summed up this way: At the most basic level, an Essentialist gives themselves the permission to stop...
