Twitter has been good to me this week. Here are three of my favorites: 21 Ways You’re Killing Your Creativity Without Even Realizing: “The reality is we all have all the ideas we’ll ever need, we just let them slip through our fingers, forgetting we even had them, let alone what they actually were.” Too …
Creativity, Innovation, and Sleep–3 Favorites From Twitter Read More »
It took me nearly five years to find my voice when preaching. I struggled to not only allow my personality came through, but also with delivering the content of the bible well and accurately. I’m always eager to find any resource to help me become more effective. John Bohannon published a free e-book (click here …
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“We aim for as much fruit as possible in as short a time as possible but neglect what happens after the fruit is harvested. If it sits too long it goes bad, and has to be thrown in the garbage. What’s the point? It’s just putting more ministry work on local pastors – without giving …
Don’t confuse socially uncomfortable with spiritually immature. Ministries that struggle to retain new people do not provide opportunities to explore their ministry without having to make a significant commitment. A person’s level of involvement must match their level of commitment in order to effectively retain and develop those in your ministry. Here’s three ways to …
Research often leads the charge when faced with something new. But faith and humility give a new ministry life, direction, and a future. I’m advocating calculating and costly faith steps here, not blind/whimsical/pseudo-spiritual decisions. Your friends will be impressed if you can quote all the statistics related to your ministry start-up as well as some …
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“Often when finances get tight in a church the first thing cut is the evangelism and advertising budget.”–Rick Warren, from his ministry toolbox As someone who raises money PRIMARILY for evangelism I had no idea this trend existed. Since many of my regular readers are Campus Crusade staff I sensed this would encourage and depress …
Have you ever used a ministry resource site that ended up making you feel less resourced than when you started? I’m excited for Desiring God’s new site that thought first about the person coming to the site, not just about blasting out their content with new tools. The site seeks to make the resources “more …
Have you dreamt of planting a church in a large city? I certainly have. I have loved starting ministries within Campus Crusade but the prospect of being a part of God’s redemptive plan through an urban church plant sounds sweet. Leonce Crump the church planter in the video shares some key phrases that seem to …
If you are passionate about leading change then you constantly find yourself engaging people different than yourself. I often lead change poorly when I assume the person I’m seeking to persuade feels and believes the same things I do. When I’ve sought to understand and discern their differences and shared my vision for change in …
Foursquare, Gowalla, MyTown, Loopt? At least in Campus Crusade Twitter has barely gained traction among middle and late adopters. Signing up for something new that heavily depends on owning an iPhone or Droid is very rare. However I see TONS of potential to use location based applications in ministry. Especially because places are one of …
