Ideation is the act of forming ideas. Its main purpose is to move ideas from conception to implementation. It seeks to create clarity and a pathway for actualization. It also cares enough to invest time and resources necessary to implement well. Ideation may embrace lean, but it doesn’t compromise mission. Ideation can be both exciting and…
Do you have a large donor in your church? Or as some call them, a “high capacity” giver? I’d say, “Yes, you absolutely do.” It’s you. It’s the church leadership. The church leadership has the responsibility of stewarding well whatever resources God has brought to the local church. And if you steward well and maximize…
I’m often asked what my routine was for preparing to preach on Sunday mornings. I have a responsibility as a shepherd to do all I can to be prepared.
Doubt kept me from indigestion because I had to take things one bite at a time. Here are four things Thomas taught me about doubt.
It‘ll happen. You’ll give bad advice. I have given plenty. And it seems every season, I end up disagreeing with a lot of things I’ve said the season before.
So often as a pastor I get stuck on hurry mode which makes me miss moments in life God intended that I pay attention to.
What’s happening with church attendance? It’s not our job to get people to commit to the church. It’s our calling to help them commit to Jesus.
Some feel that the rise of the nones is an affront to the vibrancy of the Christian faith, and so they resist the data.
I live in Franklin, TN. It is a very churched town. There are big churches and small churches. There are seeker-sensitive churches. There are confessional churches. High church. Low church. Mega churches. Family churches. You get the picture. I once heard that Franklin Road has the most churches on it than any other road in…
What do you think is the hardest prayer to pray? Have you ever been stuck in life? I know I have. We get stuck trying to decide for our family, career, a trip, major in college, or what school to put our kids in. I think one of the most common things I see among people…
