Emil Brolick, Wendy’s new CEO, has a real challenge. The world has changed and Wendy’s has been stuck for 10 years. It’s now woefully behind its more nimble competitors, McDonald’s and Subway. But Emil has this simple plan: Have a vision and a strategy Define reality Give hope Execute Each step is critical, but leaders [...]
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CAVE Men
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alignment, building momentum, clarity, communication, Empowering Leadership, Leadership, Purpose, Relevant Ministry on November 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
You’re Not Typical?
Posted in Evolving Culture, tagged alignment, building momentum, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, vision on March 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The typical person in the world right now is a 28-year-old Chinese man that makes less than $12,000 a year. He has a cell phone but no bank account. But typical is always relative. How does this impact the future for you and me? What does it mean for our grand kids? Check this video [...]
Generational Tension
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged alignment, Authentic, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Leadership, Relevant Ministry, trust, Valuable life goal on October 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Practically every church we work with is wrestling with generational tension. Check out this timely insight from the recent Catalyst Conference. Craig Groeschel of LifeChurch.tv (Edmond, OK) nailed it: We have a spiritual enemy that wants to divide us by denominations, so that we don’t work together. And I also have a hunch he wants [...]
Are You Ready?
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Relevant Ministry, tagged alignment, building momentum, communication, Empowering Leadership, Leadership, Purpose, Relevant Ministry on October 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As we connect with hundreds of pastors around the country we’re consistently hearing the lament that their message seems to have lost its punch, their finances are flat, or growth seems to have stagnated. What…you say… they should attend a building conference? Yes…exactly…it may be the most important thing they can do! Dave and Jon [...]
Barnes & Noble, USA Today, and The Church
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged alignment, building momentum, communication, community, Connecting, connection, Consumerism, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Leadership, Purpose, Relevant Ministry, vision on September 7, 2010 | 6 Comments »
I used to love hanging out at Barnes & Noble, sipping tea and browsing books. But I haven’t been there in months. Here’s a great read from the “Church and Culture” blog that explains why Barnes & Noble has been floundering and offers excellent advice for the church: “How did Barnes and Noble fall so far [...]
Do They Mimic You?
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged alignment, clarity, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Hope, Leadership, vision on September 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Half of all the churches in America failed to add one person through conversion last year. Every week, 43,000 Americans are leaving the church for good. And on average, churches 20 years old and older are shrinking every year, as the chart here shows. It’s because of statistics like these that I invested three days [...]
All Our Exploring
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged alignment, building momentum, clarity, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Leadership, Purpose, Relevant Ministry on April 6, 2010 | 17 Comments »
Seeker sensitive, mega church, traditional, contemporary, relevant, post modern, attractional, missional, incarnational, house church, cell groups, small groups, church plant, multi-site, micro church, church growth, church health, simple church, church vision, church mission, church story… New books are written, church leaders are burnt out, and the beat goes on. Every week we get more calls from [...]
We Want to Participate
Posted in Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged alignment, Connecting, Consumerism, creative spirit, Evolving Culture, Hope, Leadership, missional, Missional Ministry, Purpose, Valuable life goal on March 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Many years ago there was an invalid man who laid by the pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem. It was believed that the water could heal but the man had no one to help him get in, so for 38 painful years he waited for a chance until Jesus came by. Many of us have unused [...]
Safe Can be Dangerous
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged alignment, building momentum, community, community needs, Connecting, connection, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Hope, Leadership, love, mega church, ministry, Purpose, Relevant Ministry, third place, vision on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I grew up in a small Indiana town of 1,200 people. It was so safe that we didn’t own a key to the house, didn’t take the keys from the car, and knew most families two to three generations back. But what often evolves within safe circles is low trust for ideas outside it. That’s [...]
A Noticable Buzz
Posted in Empowering Leadership, tagged alignment, Authentic, clarity, communication, community, Connecting, connection, Empowering Leadership, Faith, Hope, Leadership, mega church, ministry, missional, Missional Resurgence, Purpose, Relevant Ministry on January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There is a noticeable buzz in both offices this week! Activity is picking up and we are rolling in 2010. Thanks for everyone’s hard work – you’re a great team! That was the last line in today’s weekly update to the Aspen team. Its remarkable really, even though unemployment is over 10% giving to some [...]
Culture Trumps Vision
Posted in Empowering Leadership, tagged alignment, building momentum, clarity, communication, community, Connecting, connection, Empowering Leadership, Leadership, trust on January 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Jim Collins, author of “Good To Great,” shares this analogy: You are a bus driver. The bus, your organization, is at a standstill, and it’s your job to get it going. You have to decide where you’re going, how you’re going to get there, and who’s going with you. Most people assume that great bus [...]
2009 – Christianity In Review #2
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged alignment, Authentic, clarity, communication, Consumerism, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Faith, Leadership, Missional Ministry, Purpose, Relevant Ministry, trust on December 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Theme #3: Biblical literacy is low and will remain so. Barna’s findings related to Bible knowledge and application indicate that little progress, if any, is being made toward becoming more biblically literate. Barna notes, “Bible reading has become the religious equivalent of sound-bite journalism. When people read from the Bible they typically open it without [...]
Twitterpated
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged alignment, Authentage, clarity, communication, community, community needs, Connecting, connection, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Purpose, trust on December 15, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Last Saturday a sobbing, middle aged lady showed up at our door. She was frightened, cold, and painfully hunched over a cane she had used to hobble the three hundred yards to our home. In the four years I’ve lived here we’d never met. Once we got her warmed up she regained her composure and [...]
Searching For Significance
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged alignment, Connecting, connection, Consumerism, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Leadership, Purpose, Relevant Ministry, Valuable life goal, vision on December 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Earlier this year, 15 innovative pastors from highly successful churches gathered in New York City. They had come together to discern new ministry trends but their conversation was quickly hijacked by a gnawing discontent. They were tired of the weekly grind, no longer motivated by chasing numbers, and weary of budget pressure. They were searching [...]
Into This New World
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged alignment, Authentage, communication, community, Connecting, connection, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Faith, Hope, Leadership, legitimacy, Purpose, Relevant Ministry, Valuable life goal, vision on October 14, 2009 | 9 Comments »
The progressives of today’s Church feel compelled to speak the Gospel into our current environment (and the world of our children) and are striving to adapt. The more careful members of the Church see this environment as a threat to their lifestyle and spiritual walk and are determined to live as a “separate people.” The resulting polarization [...]
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