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A Noticable Buzz

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...

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Are You With It?

Kevin Miller at Christianity Today shared how teachers who are “with it” teach 1 1/2 years of content in a given year, versus the 1/2 year’s worth of content from poor-quality teachers. That’s a 300%...

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A Holding Tank with Pizza

“Teens are looking for more than a holding tank with pizza,” said Ed Stetzer. “They look for a church that teaches them how to live life.” Even though they may hesitate to acknowledge it, teens do want...

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Sitting in the Smoking Section

Neal Cole, one of the national church-planting gurus, recently asked if we care enough about connecting with smokers to sit in the smoking section. That was a challenge, especially in light of the fact...

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Expose Yourself

With so many options in media, interaction, and venues, you now get to choose what you expose yourself to. Expose yourself to selfish people and you will begin to focus on what you don’t have. Expose...

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The Most Important Person

Pastor and sociologist Tony Campolo explains the concept of “The Looking Glass Self” like this: We see ourselves as we believe the most important person in our life sees us. Tony tells us that if we...

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Lasting Influence

Protestant pastors nation-wide were asked to identify the top three living Christian preachers and leaders that most influence them. The top 10, based on the number of times they were mentioned, are:...

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Barnes & Noble, USA Today, and The Church

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...

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Decisions are not Made

How do we make decisions in these uncertain times when many of our old signposts have disappeared or are no longer relevant? These words from business guru Peter Drucker may offer us and our ministries...

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Are You Ready?

As we connect with hundreds of pastors around the country we’re consistently hearing the lament that their message seems to have lost its punch, their finances are flat, or growth seems to have...

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Why Men Hate Church

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,...

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Divorcing Facebook

The Leadership journal recently reported that Rev. Cedric Miller of Living Word Christian Fellowship Church in New Jersey has banned Facebook. He has ordered about 50 married church staffers to delete...

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A Careful Man

My dad passed away last night. He suffered from Alzheimer’s and deteriorated rapidly over the past few weeks. It was a blessing to have my mom and all eight of us kids around his bed as his breathing...

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CAVE Men

Emil Brolick, Wendy’s new CEO, has a real challenge. The world has changed and Wendy’s has been stuck for 10 years. It’s now woefully behind its more nimble competitors, McDonald’s and Subway. But Emil...

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Preparing for the Breakthrough

Some great advice from Seth Godin’s blog: Preparing for the Breakthrough/Calamity… That’s what we spend most of our time doing. The breakthrough speech that will change everything, or the giant insight...

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