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And this is why we're in the shape we're in
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Pastoral Care
Why I Don't Do Long-term Counseling
Most people find it easier to call a pastor than a professional counselor when they need someone to talk to. But just because pastors are easier to get to doesn't mean we are all equipped for long-term pastoral counseling. I know there are a many pastors who are
Acts
Sermon: What Holy Spirit?
If you're on Twitter, please copy-n-paste and tweet. Thanks, here's the Tweet: Here's my message for church today titled, What Holy Spirit? Let me know what you think. http://twurl.nl/4en53g This is the sermon I'm preaching tomorrow from Acts 19:
Congregation
Do you have a community manager?
With the rise of social networks, new job titles emerge. One new job is Community Manager. CMs focus on customers and clients for large businesses. They help gather the community, encourage participation, deal with comments, and provide hospitality for the online community. All of that got me to thinking about
Uncategorized
We have a winner today!
Craig McDole of Oklahoma won, despite the fact that his Sooners lost! Craig has a great blog at Doorkeeper's Journal. Check him out. Congrats on winning the book, and thanks for playing, Craig!
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Friday is for freebies: Win a Newbigin book
Congratulations to last week's winner of the Faith and Culture DVD series was Greg Lipps of Indiana! Today I'm giving away a new copy of Leslie Newbigin's The Gospel in a Pluralist Society. This is a classic and one of the books that helped
Creativity
Take your blog mobile for free
If you want to bring your church blog into the mobile world for free, here's how. I talked to a representative from 2ergo.com today. 2ergo provides a mobile platform for high profile mobile content providers like music companies, celebrities, large corporations, and other big users. Of course,
Creativity
It's like herding pigs
Being a pastor is sometimes like herding pigs. I'm not going for the cheap joke here, although I'm sure there is one. I'm serious. Apparently pig farmers have serious difficulty getting pigs to go into the barn in an orderly fashion. Farmers can use
church as abbey
Sustainable spiritual collectives
Steve Taylor* started an interesting conversation about a sustainable spiritual collective. He even renamed his blog sustain:if:able kiwi. Fortunately he's still at the same url, so you can find Steve here under his new nom de plume. But back to my point. Steve tackles the missional
Leadership
Be clear about your outcome
When our church led the way in building the new $3-million community center in our town, we did not expect the outcome to be new members for our church. We did expect the community center to become a gathering place for the community. When we helped start the local Boys
Isaiah
Sermon: Your Light Has Come
This is the sermon I'm preaching on Epiphany Sunday, January 4, 2009, from Isaiah 60:1-6. Your Light Has Come Isaiah 60: 1-6 1 "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. 2 See, darkness covers the earth and
Culture
Happy New Year and Let's Start Off Right!
Remember the Friday is for Freebies! giveaway each week in 2009. Good free church stuff all for the taking. Click here for this week's freebie and rules. Outreach2Go.com is now live and has some good stuff on it. I'll be blogging there about the "