I recently re-read a booklet entitled, Culture Shift by Dr. Price Pritchett. One chapter was right to the point, in my view, concerning a common cultural characteristic in all organizations, but is especially prevalent in those where rapid change is the norm … like a growing church. The chapter is entitled, Taking Personal Responsibility for [...]

Looking for more creative ways to inform your congregation during services? There’s always tension between the need to get the word out about all that’s going on and the creation of “moments” in the service that inspire, teach, and transform. No service can afford a talking head for 5 minutes running through all that’s of [...]

If you are a regular visitor to my blog you’ve noticed that I’ve been a bit absent lately.  Sorry about that! Over the last several weeks, I’ve devoted a bunch of time to my commitment to Continuous Learning.  I spent the week of October 20th in class.  That’s right, I’m back to school!  I am [...]

While attending a Maximum Impact event at our church back in May, I picked up a copy of John Maxwell’s new book Talent is Never Enough. It’s been a while since I read a “business book” and I must say that I was not disappointed. I’ve been a little bit turned off by many of [...]

I have been working with our teaching and creative arts teams to formalize and document our process for designing and producing weekend services. What a challenge! Getting something this big and complicated on paper in a way that actually helps, has proven to be a daunting task! As part of my investigation and learning process, [...]