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They Want Authentic, But What Is That?

Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on August 2, 2008 | 12 Comments »

Every day Americans buy:

3,972,603 Movie tickets
1,683,835 Songs and albums from online sources
58,764 Titleist golf balls
160,968 bottles of Absolut vodka
7500 Samsung LCD Tv’s

4 million movie tickets a day! What are we searching for?
James Gilmore recently wrote a book titled Authenticity…What Consumers Really Want. James explores our world of staged experiences perfected by companies like Starbucks, ESPN [...]

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They Still Want To Be “Like Mike” (Part 1 of 3)

Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »

My 27 year old son didn’t hesitate when asked recently who his childhood hero was. It was Michael Jordan! Everybody wanted to be like Mike…and still seem to!
A recent Forbes magazine article shows Michael Jordan earning $45 million from endorsements last year. What? He hasn’t played in how many years? It was dwarfed, however, by [...]

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First, Invite Me Into Your Home

Posted in Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged , , , , on May 20, 2008 | No Comments »

My recent post regarding atheist Matt Casper’s observations about church generated significant traffic. So much so, that digging deeper seems appropriate. Here’s a few more observations and an insightful challenge that treating people with legitimacy and respect opens hearts:

Instead of starting with what’s wrong with me, show me what’s right with you. If your faith is [...]

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