economics
You have got to see this slideshow from PSFK, a trend watching company out of the UK. They nail some of the emerging trends in the consumer world, which has big implications for church. Piers Fawkes identifies these five trends changing the consumer world: 1. Good food. Healthier, fewer ingredients,
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I like to think they saved the best for last. My seminar, Small Church, Big Impact: Creating Missional Partnerships in Your Community was the last seminar of the day today. We had a room full of small church folks who were interested in the story of what God is doing
Congregation
Ren, me and Gerardo at NOC07 I met a couple of great pastors yesterday at our small church affinity group meeting. Ren and Gerardo are both pastors of churches a couple of hours from San Diego. Both face the challenges of transitioning their growing small churches into the next level
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I'm at NOC07 and we kicked off tonight with the Charlie Hall Band and Miles McPherson of The Rock Church here in San Diego. About 2500 people are here, the exhibit hall is full of great resources, and I'm going to post each day some of
Community
Debbie and I leave tomorrow for San Diego and Outreach, Inc.'s National Outreach Convention 2007 (NOC07). I'll be leading the workshop, Small Church, Big Impact: Creating Missional Partnerships in Your Community on Friday afternoon. I'm also the facilitator for the Small Church Outreach affinity
Congregation
I am a Baptist. Each Sunday I preach from the texts of the revised common lectionary. What's wrong with this picture? These are not contradictory statements, believe it or not. Although I come from a free church, and not a liturgical tradition, I choose my preaching text each
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I am about to tell you more than I know about some cool new tech stuff for your church and ministry. And, it's all free. I am not a techie, so do not email me with dense questions. I am passing on some innovative, usable tech tools that
Community
Today's New York Times features an article about families eating together. Multiple research over many years indicates that eating a family meal together several times a week -- * Connects family members to each other; * Results in healthier food choices than when eating alone; * Helps prevent eating disorders among
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I hope you like the new look of the blog. Wordpress has some new templates, and I like this one for readability and style. For something completely different, visit Debbie's blog, Goodthoughts, for photos of our gardens, her really great posts, and her art. Read The Story of
Missional Church
Ran across some helpful stuff you might like -- * Tim Bednar has a cool blog on using tech stuff in practical ways in ministry. * For those into charts, Kevin Kelly has the mother of all charts. * Church of the Customer blog has new data on WOM (word-of-mouth) as the best
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We're rolling over 30,000 page views by this weekend! That's right! We're going over 30,000 sometime in the next couple of days. And to celebrate this milestone in the digital world, here's what I'm gonna do -- Add
Missional life
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver RelinThree Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, is a book you must read. Without knowing that it was already a bestseller, I ordered Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace One