iTunes Fade lights to 50% Announcements by hot chick on screen Fade lights to 30% Really good or Really bad cover song Really good singer leaves stage and replaced by worship leader Lights fade to 15% so no one can see anyone else Upbeat song Mid tempo song Big bridge song Pray Same video you [...]
The megachurches of the 50′s are not the mega churches of the 80′s. The megachurches of the 80′s are not the megachurches of 2012. Can you see what is going on here? The next statement is… The megachurches of 2012 are not going to be megachurches of 2032. And is that a bad thing? I [...]
I picked on the church plant a few days ago… It’s the megachurch’s turn… You might be a megachurch is your green room looks nicer that 95% of your attendees living rooms. You might be a megachurch if you film sermon video illustrations on location in other countries. You might be a megachurch if people [...]
I’m not a lead pastor. I have never been one. But I can only assume there are days when bouncing seems like a good idea. Rob Bell is stepping down as the lead pastor of Mars Hill Church. Francis Chan stepped down as the lead pastor of Cornerstone Church. Neither of these have anything in [...]
Bill Hybels is the cat’s pajamas. That was leadership gold. Take notes. Then share them. What did you learn from Bill’s response? Los
What would Jesus do if a homeless beggar came up to Him everyday for 60 days and asked for money and a meal? Send him to the homeless ministry down the road? Make him fill out paperwork before giving him a hand out and tell him he only gets 500 bucks a quarter? Send him [...]
The entourage is a funny thing. Everyone has either been in one or had one or hated one. I’ve always been in one. Mooching off the gravy train of my friends success. Ain’t no shame in my game. I once stayed in Ryan Seacrest’s condo because I was in the entourage of one of his [...]
Dear Modern Day Church Structure… There are people who do not fit in your systems. There are people who do not fit in your structures. There are people who don’t fit inside terms like greeter, worship, hospitality, teacher, small group, youth, missions, ect. Your herding of spiritual giftings into certain ministry barns is diluting the [...]
“I just can’t go to that church. It’s so full of emotional manipulation.” I hear this all the time. I want to look them square in the eye and say that it’s no worse that their churches intellectual manipulation. And I also believe that the word “manipulation” is thrown around too loosely. Here’s the deal. [...]
I love stories of second chances. Hope restored. Prison fellowship launches people into lives of grace and builds hope for second chances. They specialize in removing the bars and ensuring that prison doesn’t have to be a life sentence. Most people who survive prison are truly locked down for life. Our U.S. prisons and jails [...]
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