Category: General Ranting

Thursday Three For All

Thursday Three For All

I read things. You read things. But life gets fun when we share what we’re reading, thinking about, and chewing on from around the web. Here are three of my “things” from the past week....

Church At The Ballpark Highlight Reel

Church At The Ballpark Highlight Reel

In case you missed the service this weekend, here’s the 2:38 recap of one of the most fun weekends we’ve experienced in a while.  

Thursday Three For All

Thursday Three For All

Your Theology Doesn’t Matter (via @BenReed, HT @AlanPace). Simply put? Ben nails it. If you want to make loyal “customers,” (people who don’t just show up once, but come back regularly) that doesn’t start in the...

Thursday Three For All

Thursday Three For All

Kindle Matchbook will give discounted Ebook copies to hard copy owners. (via Lifehacker) So whatcha gonna do? Will you shell out a buck or three for a digital version of something you already own? Which book...

Thursday Three For All

Thursday Three For All

Process Practice: Do You Get It? (via @robertvadams) Everybody seems to have good ideas while in the shower. Bob shows us how to generate those kinds of “aha” moments by hardwiring them into our teams. Inspiration...

Vision Weekend 2013

Vision Weekend 2013

What. A. Weekend. We had a Small Groups Conference, College Leadership Retreat, and the largest Starting Point in the history of the Summit. We launched four new service times at two different campuses, on-boarded a...

Thursday Three For All

Thursday Three For All

The Church Welcome: This Time, With Feeling! (via @CarynRivadeneir) This is why we do what we do. While the cynic in me roars that the employees are only so welcoming because they’re being paid to or because we paid...

Thursday Three For All

Thursday Three For All

Three things that I’ve been reading this week. Enjoy, campers. (Remember, click the bold print to see the original article!)   Measuring church health: How many people will serve? (Tony Morgan) I found this pretty interesting....

Crash. Burn. Repeat.

Crash. Burn. Repeat.

A large part of my life is public speaking. When you’re a pastor or leader, that tends to go hand in glove. And most times I’m comfortable in front of a crowd. Maybe overly comfortable....

Thursday Three For All

Thursday Three For All

A Greater Identity. As a white American, I’m not sure I’ll ever completely understand my African American brothers’ and sisters’ hurt over the outcome of the recent Zimmerman trial. Earlier this week, a wise friend tried...

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