Over 100 years ago, Charles Spurgeon proclaimed every Christian here is either a missionary or an imposter. Recollect that. You either try to spread abroad the Kingdom of Christ, or else you do not love Him at all. You are either doing good, or you are not good yourself. That kind of challenge has been [...]
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14 Ways to Raise the Bar
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged clarity, community, Connecting, Consumerism, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Leadership, Missional Ministry, Relevant Ministry, Valuable life goal, vision on September 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Cynical Sensitive
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged building momentum, community, Connecting, connection, Consumerism, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Leadership, Relevant Ministry on August 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Thirty years ago, Bill Hybel pioneered the “Seeker Sensitive” movement and became the poster child for evangelicals. Casual, connecting, creativity, kicking music, themed Sunday school, anonymity and low expectations were in. Recently, Hybel’s “Reveal Study” highlighted surprising trends. A large part of his church failed to become disciples once they were introduced to Christ. Even [...]
Yes, I’m Addicted
Posted in Bahler Family Doing Life, Evolving Culture, tagged Authentic, Bahler Family Doing Life, community, Connecting, connection, Consumerism, Hope, Valuable life goal on June 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’m an addict. I must confess. Maybe you are as well? I took the Father’s Day challenge and unhooked from the web all day Sunday. I even let my smart phone battery go dead. And it was, well…lonely. For 24 hours I lost connection with all my on-line chatter. No news, Facebook, email, text messages, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Wish List
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged community, Connecting, connection, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Leadership, Relevant Ministry on June 3, 2010 | 6 Comments »
As we are all so aware, many young adults are leaving the “church.” The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada researched Canadian youths and developed this list of things young adults (18-30) wish they could find in church: Community Authenticity Mentorship Passionate Leaders Interactive Environment Involvement Relevant Engagement Intellectual Challenge Technology and Internet Presence Should we become [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Now!!
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged clarity, community, Connecting, Consumerism, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Leadership, Relevant Ministry on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Could the recent explosion in energy drinks be connected to “Nowism”? I doubt its what Christ had in mind with his advice that we “Take no thought of tomorrow”. NOWISM – Consumers’ ingrained lust for instant gratification is being satisfied by a host of novel, important (offline and online) real-time products, services and experiences. Consumers [...]
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 [...]
5 Principles to Grow
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged clarity, community, Connecting, connection, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Hope, Relevant Ministry on September 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Economists are expecting close to 1.5 million bankruptcies this year. Everyone is feeling the impact of the downturn, and those of us who have survived are leading smaller organizations. Growth isn’t everything of course. However, 83% of the 300,000 churches in America are dying. And when a church dies, the community loses the caring fellowship [...]
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