Some great advice from Seth Godin’s blog: Preparing for the Breakthrough/Calamity… That’s what we spend most of our time doing. The breakthrough speech that will change everything, or the giant insight that opens every door. We fret about the apocalyptic ending, the big crash, the slam climax as well. Of course, it almost never happens [...]
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Preparing for the Breakthrough
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Relevant Ministry, tagged communication, Empowering Leadership, Purpose, Relevant Ministry on November 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
CAVE Men
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alignment, building momentum, clarity, communication, Empowering Leadership, Leadership, Purpose, Relevant Ministry on November 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
A Careful Man
Posted in Bahler Family Doing Life, tagged Authentic, Bahler Family Doing Life, clarity, communication, Empowering Leadership, Hope, Leadership, love, Purpose, trust, Valuable life goal, vision on March 18, 2011 | 17 Comments »
My dad passed away last night. He suffered from Alzheimer’s and deteriorated rapidly over the past few weeks. It was a blessing to have my mom and all eight of us kids around his bed as his breathing grew slower and slower. It was a special time as we told stories and sang old hymns [...]
Divorcing Facebook
Posted in Evolving Culture, tagged communication, Connecting, Evolving Culture, love, trust on February 20, 2011 | 23 Comments »
The Leadership journal recently reported that Rev. Cedric Miller of Living Word Christian Fellowship Church in New Jersey has banned Facebook. He has ordered about 50 married church staffers to delete their accounts or resign. And he has called on his 1,100-member congregation to do the same. The problem isn’t lost productivity while checking out [...]
Why Men Hate Church
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged communication, community, Connecting, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Hope, Leadership, Relevant Ministry on November 13, 2010 | 4 Comments »
In his book Why Men Hate Going to Church David Murrow writes that women make up more than 60% of the typical congregation. The church caters to women, children, and the elderly by creating a safe, predictable environment. In order to reach men, Murrow says that churches must “adjust the thermostat” to embrace the masculine [...]
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 [...]
Decisions are not Made
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Relevant Ministry, tagged building momentum, clarity, communication, Hope, Leadership, Purpose, Relevant Ministry, trust on October 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
How do we make decisions in these uncertain times when many of our old signposts have disappeared or are no longer relevant? These words from business guru Peter Drucker may offer us and our ministries some important insight: Decisions are not so much made as they become apparent. What “God things” are becoming apparent around you [...]
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 [...]
Lasting Influence
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Relevant Ministry, tagged communication, Empowering Leadership, Faith, Hope, Leadership, Relevant Ministry on August 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Protestant pastors nation-wide were asked to identify the top three living Christian preachers and leaders that most influence them. The top 10, based on the number of times they were mentioned, are: Preachers Billy Graham Charles Swindoll Charles Stanley Rick Warren Barbara Brown Taylor David Jeremiah Max Lucado John Piper Andy Stanley Leaders Billy Graham [...]
The Most Important Person
Posted in Bahler Family Doing Life, tagged Bahler Family Doing Life, communication, Connecting, Consumerism, Faith, Hope, Leadership, legitimacy, love, Purpose, trust, Valuable life goal, vision on July 16, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Pastor and sociologist Tony Campolo explains the concept of “The Looking Glass Self” like this: We see ourselves as we believe the most important person in our life sees us. Tony tells us that if we make Christ the most important person in our life and recognize that he loved us enough to die a [...]
Expose Yourself
Posted in Empowering Leadership, tagged communication, Connecting, Empowering Leadership, Hope, Purpose on May 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
With so many options in media, interaction, and venues, you now get to choose what you expose yourself to. Expose yourself to selfish people and you will begin to focus on what you don’t have. Expose yourself to angry mobs of uninformed, easily manipulated protesters and you’ll want to join a mob. Expose yourself to [...]
Sitting in the Smoking Section
Posted in Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged communication, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Leadership, legitimacy, Relevant Ministry, Valuable life goal, vision on March 11, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Neal Cole, one of the national church-planting gurus, recently asked if we care enough about connecting with smokers to sit in the smoking section. That was a challenge, especially in light of the fact that I gave up far less threatening risks like coffee, meat, and milk products after my heart scare last year. He [...]
A Holding Tank with Pizza
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Relevant Ministry, tagged communication, Connecting, connection, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Faith, Hope, Leadership, legitimacy, Relevant Ministry, trust, Valuable life goal on January 29, 2010 | 5 Comments »
“Teens are looking for more than a holding tank with pizza,” said Ed Stetzer. “They look for a church that teaches them how to live life.” Even though they may hesitate to acknowledge it, teens do want insight and guidance when it comes to dealing with challenges. In a recent Bible study at Purdue University, [...]
Are You With It?
Posted in Empowering Leadership, tagged clarity, communication, Connecting, connection, Empowering Leadership, Leadership, love, Relevant Ministry on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Kevin Miller at Christianity Today shared how teachers who are “with it” teach 1 1/2 years of content in a given year, versus the 1/2 year’s worth of content from poor-quality teachers. That’s a 300% increase in effectiveness year after year! We’re all teachers with our own unique classrooms. Imagine the impact of a 300% [...]
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 [...]
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