Last week I wrote a post titled “We Want To Participate” about the need for the church to become a place where everyone can participate, effectively use their gifts, and feel God’s joy. I’ve been asked to help facilitate a group of eleven large church pastors. They are committed to share their dreams, ideas, and [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Betrayal at Fort Hood
Posted in Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged communication, community, community needs, Connecting, connection, Empowering Leadership, love, trust on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After the tragic shooting at the Fort Hood Army base, we’re all wondering why Nidel Hasan’s classmates didn’t realize that he would betray them and get him some help before it was too late. This is what a recent Fox news article had to say about that: A classmate of Hasan, meanwhile, told FoxNews.com that [...]
Conquering Fear
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged Authentic, building momentum, clarity, communication, community needs, Connecting, connection, Empowering Leadership, Faith, Hope, legitimacy, Relevant Ministry, vision on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hollywood does a remarkable job of making fake things real. Christians can do a remarkable job of making real things fake. Tough times pressure all of us to try to be something we aren’t. With the demand today to be relevant, this is especially true for ministries. When we do this, we take the power [...]
ALIGNMENT4 – Getting Off The Hose
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Intentional Facilities, Relevant Ministry, tagged alignment, building momentum, community needs, connection, Consumerism, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Leadership, Relevant Ministry, vision on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t we all long for a destiny that God will use to manifest His spirit? God promises us such a destiny. Paul teaches in Corinthians 12 that God promises a public demonstration of His Spirit through our gifts, service, and work. All for the transformation, the common good, of our communities. Yet, many times we struggle to find God in our lives [...]
You Have To Hate Somebody
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, tagged communication, community needs, Faith, Incarnational ministry, Leadership, legitimacy, love, missional on February 3, 2009 | 10 Comments »
“How much do you have to hate somebody to believe everlasting life was possible and not tell them that.” Penn Jillette, provocative talk show host and atheist, was pondering that question recently after a businessman gave him a Bible. Even though he has no belief in God, Penn was puzzled by the lack of interest [...]
Searching For…
Posted in Evolving Culture, tagged Authentic, clarity, community needs, connection, Faith, Hope, legitimacy, Valuable life goal, vision on January 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
According to Yahoo’s Internet search engine, these were the most popular searches 0f 2008: 1. Britney Spears 2. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) 3. Barack Obama 4. Miley Cyrus 5. RuneScape (Web-based role-playing game) 6. Jessica Alba 7. Naruto (Hero of Japanese comic books, cartoons and video games) 8. Lindsay Lohan 9. Angelina Jolie 10. American [...]
The Loudest Is Weakest
Posted in Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged alignment, Authentage, Authentic, building momentum, clarity, communication, community, community needs, Connecting, connection, Consumerism, Evolving Culture, missional, Purpose, Relevant Ministry on January 23, 2009 | 7 Comments »
“The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room.” Wow! That’s a provocative line from a marketing blog called “Brand Autopsy.” Here are some more noteworthy thoughts from them about real strength: It’s so applicable to marketing that the loudest advertiser in the room probably has the weakest product in the room. [...]
What Do You Long For?
Posted in Culture, Empowering Leadership, tagged alignment, Authentic, clarity, communication, community, community needs, Connecting, connection, Hope, Purpose, Valuable life goal on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Provers 4:23 teaches we should guard our heart for out of it flows the springs of life. If out of the longings of our heart springs our activity, what do these statistics say about our heart? US mobile subscribers averaged 357 text messages/month in 2008. That’s a 450% increase from the 65/month back in 2006. [...]
Overcoming Fear
Posted in Relevant Ministry, tagged Leadership, Relevant Ministry, Connecting, Evolving Culture, community needs, missional, Incarnational ministry, Purpose, communication, Missional Ministry, Seeker-Sensitive Model on December 11, 2008 | 5 Comments »
“It isn’t courage that overcomes our fear, it is our curiosity.” That may have been the best thought from our two days at the Cornerstone Knowledge Network (CKN) meeting in Chicago this week. There was good conversation about ministry and facilities of course, and Ed Stetzer taught us why Rick Warren’s “Purpose Driven” and Bill [...]
Missional Resurgence (Part #5)
Posted in Evolving Culture, Empowering Leadership, Relevant Ministry, Three Relevant Ministry Responses, tagged Relevant Ministry, community, Evolving Culture, community needs, Empowering Leadership, missional, Three Relevant Ministry Responses, Missional Ministry, Al Hirsch, Missional Resurgence on September 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Community Versus “Communitas” If you build it they may not come! That’s why they no longer build enclosed shopping mall in the US. We’re now drawn to these community oriented lifestyle centers. From shopping to church we’re walking away from mere convenience and consumption and are drawn to connection and purpose. Thanks for hanging with [...]
Missional Case Study: New Life Church, Yorkville, Ill.
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, Three Relevant Ministry Responses, tagged community, community needs, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, missional, Missional Ministry, Missional Resurgence, Relevant Ministry, Three Relevant Ministry Responses, youth ministry on September 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
To reach their community, a church doesn’t have to have fancy programs or an elaborate mission statement – they simply need a genuine passion to serve their neighbors. When pastor Rick Thiemke came to New Life Church in Yorkville, Ill., eight years ago he discovered that the community saw churches as “takers.” “I would call [...]
First Find…Then Always Follow Your Passions
Posted in Bahler Family Doing Life, Empowering Leadership, tagged Bahler Family Doing Life, community needs, Compelling call, deeper burning yes, Empowering Leadership, group giftedness, leadership passion, strengths finder 2.0 on July 7, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I once read, “Happy is the man who discovers his passions (the deeper burning yes) and talents before it’s too late.” Paul shared with the Corinthians how God created us with a unique set of talents. Have we found ours? Yes, we each have deep passions (that deeper burning yes) and a unique set of [...]
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