Top 5 Posts From May
In case you missed them, here are the top 5 read posts from May, 2013: 5 Reasons Not To Disciple What I Wish I Knew At 20 Should We Stop During The Summer? Email Doesn’t Work It’s Time To Plan
Monthly Archives: May 2013
It’s Time To Plan
It’s the end of May, and for most churches that means that activity for groups are slowing down. I want to emphasize that they are not stopping, but just shifting gears for the busy summer months. This is a great opportunity for groups pastors/directors to spend some time working on the ministry, not just in
Why Does It Have To Be Complicated?
One thing that we have almost perfected as a Church is over complicating things. If there is a hoop to jump through, we see if we can add 3 just to make it that much harder. I am not sure why this is true. Maybe it makes us feel better as leaders if only the fittest can
Go At Your Own Pace
This week, I decided to try out a circuit training class at the gym that I had not been to in a few months. The main reason that I quit going was that I wasn’t enjoying it because of the instructor. Every time I went, the instructor would spend half of time pointing out what
Groups And Prayer
We continued our series, 5 Lies That We Believe, yesterday at Cross Point by looking at the lies that we believe about prayer. Through my years as a small group member/leader/Pastor, I have found that prayer is one of the trickiest parts of group meetings. The prayer time at the end of the meeting can
Email Doesn’t Work
I love the Ted talk that Simon Sinek gave a few years ago about how great leaders inspire action. The premise of the talk is that people do not buy what you do, they buy why you do it. They follow you because they believe what you believe. I would add for organizations and ministries,
Build A Big Fire
I heard someone say recently that when we are trying to light a fire under ministries, what we are doing most of the time is like using a gas can on the bbq. It will build a big fire for a few seconds, but then you’re left with what you had before – except now
What I Wish I Knew At 20
This year will be my 20th in full-time ministry. There are so many days where I wish that I could go back and start all over. Not because I am disappointed with where I am now, but because I could have saved so much time and anguish trying to figure a few things out. Experience
It Takes A Tribe
I am in Dallas this week, hanging out with a group of churches at Leadership Network talking about the rapid growth that each church has seen and how it impacts their ministry. One of the comments, after an exercise yesterday, was how it was nice to hear other churches that are going through the same
5 Reasons Not To Disciple
1. It’s really hard Helping someone become a fully devoted follower of Christ is not for the faint of heart. There will be times of elated joy and times of extreme frustration. People’s lives are messy, and walking this journey with them gives you a back stage pass to the ugliness. 2. It takes a
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