I’m listening to a book called “Do The Work” by Steven Pressfield. I heard about Steven while listening to a book by Seth Godin. If Seth tells me to read something I do. He’s yet to let me down. I’ve now listened to or read “Do The Work” 5 or six times. The following is [...]
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6 Things Pastors Forget About The Rest Of Us
I love my work. I get to build churches. Over the years I’ve become aware of just how different church environments are from any other work environment. Lately, it seems churches have become really good at developing high quality work environments. In fact, some of you are working in your city’s “best places to work”. [...]
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A Single Mom IS The Church!
I was on a flight yesterday to New Orleans and sat by a single mother. It didn’t take her long to pull out the “business card” shown here and start talking about her church. It’s not the card I’m impressed with, it’s what Church Of The King is doing to create an environment that people [...]
How Does Your Church Use Facebook?
A recent study (above) shows that Americans spend 53.5 Billion minutes on Facebook. Are you kidding me? Surely, as the church, we can find a way for a few of those minutes to lead people into a relationship with Jesus. Right? Below is a a post on xpastor.org’s forum by a pastor in Colorado. Do [...]
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5 Church Killers
1. Arrogance – The thing that Cancer and arrogance have in common is they are both killers. Cancer, however, tends to bring relationships into focus. Arrogance pushes people away into the land of “everything is great”! It’s the enemy of intimacy. If things are going well at your church you probably have groupies. Men [...]
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When Generosity Stumbles
I was with a lead pastor of a large church a few days ago. He’s an old friend who had recently become aware of the giving habits of his staff. This guy is a great leader who wants to take people on a journey. The conversation was primarily about how to get his team to [...]
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Is Passion A Deal Breaker For Church Staff?
Have you every met anyone who was passionate about the work they do…..and they stunk at it? I know it probably happens, but not very often. Can you be great at something you aren’t passionate about? Being passionate creates the “extra mile” attitude that usually puts people on the path to excellence. The idea that [...]
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Church Building – 4 Steps To Keep You From Over Spending
If you’re googling you way through cyber-space trying to find information on how to build a church building you’re going to find a ton of information. Some of it good, some of it not so much. Before you spend a dime however, the best advice I would offer is to make sure you have a [...]
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2 Reasons Church Staff Quit
The first Catalyst Conference I attended was in 2001, just before I went on staff there. Jim Kouzes, author of “The Leadership Challenge” was one of the speakers. One comment he made stuck with me. He said “Sooner or later every single person in your organization will leave”. He continued to say “people don’t quit [...]