Archive for the ‘ Leadership ’ Category
Recently while assessing necessary changes that need to take place for me personally prior to baby #4, I sensed the call to return to journaling. I have had several seasons of journaling in my life and look back on those past writings with great fondness (a very underused word by a guy or maybe a word that I shouldn’t [ READ MORE ]
Maybe I’m alone in this but I often get distracted in my quiet times. Maybe a more honest assessment would be I struggle at even having them sometimes. I recently spent some time pondering why this is and how best to overcome it. My first thought went to the snooze button is why I struggle, but [ READ MORE ]
It is hard to believe thebridge is approaching three years since our first preview service. One of the things that has been huge for me personally during this journey has been the little learnings that others have shared with me that are actually a very big deal. One of those learnings is when you are going [ READ MORE ]
This past weekend Jenny and I cleaned my home office out, and I came across my journal from last year, and I thought I would share last year’s insight from this day. Key Scripture: David mustered the men who were with him and appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. 2 Samuel 18:1 Observation: [ READ MORE ]
Middle School Ministry Made Simply by Kurt Johnson This is a revised version of my favorite youth ministry book which went by the title of “ControlledChaos.” Johnson does a great job of giving a crash course guide for junior high youth pastors. He has a way of showing how junior high/middle school ministry is different from [ READ MORE ]
Very early in the planning stages of starting thebridge a topic of conversation kept coming up. The importance of how we welcome people was something everyone had strong opinions on. The consensus was that we didn’t want to be a church that just shook a hand or worse didn’t greet anyone at all. We didn’t [ READ MORE ]
I spent a lot of time listening to Rend Collective Experiment recently. Check them out. New TV show -- Under Cover Boss. I watched the episodes on Waist Management and 7 Eleven. Really cool stories. Over dramatized a couple times but love the heart behind this. Interesting blog discussion taking place at Kurts blog about ethical purchasing. I recently had [ READ MORE ]
Here is a quick recap of the books I read in February. Why We Love The Church by DeYoung and Kluck This was a less than memorable read. DeYoung and Kluck set out to tell why they love the institutional church in four different sections. I love the idea but I don’t think they accomplished their task. [ READ MORE ]
As this month moves along it is my guess that you will start to see people coming out with all sorts of top 10 lists. The top songs, movies, or events of the year or the decade. I’ll probably do much of the same and I thought I would start it off with my top 5 influential churches [ READ MORE ]
I am not that smart but I know people who are. My wisdom is small but I know people who have great wisdom. So today I would like to offer up to you some thoughts about money from some smart and wise people that I learn from. Mark Batterson recently gave a message on tithing. Here [ READ MORE ]