Join the Strange Leadership Pre-Release Party!

by | Apr 12, 2014 | Attractional, Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Conferences, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Devotional, Discipleship, Diversity, Events and Seminars, Financial, FREE, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Innovation, internet campus, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Missional, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Podcasts, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Social Justice, Social Media, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources

  This Tuesday, April 15th (Tax Day), some friends of mine are throwing a Pre-Release Party for my new book Strange Leadership. We’ll be doing some fun stuff, giving away cool stuff and I’ll be a guest on a couple of live podcasts talking with church...

Why Do So Many Pastors Leave The Ministry?

by | Apr 9, 2014 | Addiction, Attractional, Blogs, Books, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Continuing Education, Devotional, Discipleship, Financial, Greg's Favorites, Hurt and Pain, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Missional, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Worship Leading

The following is a book excerpt from my friend, Bo Lane’s new book Why Pastors Quit. Read on… As we were driving home the other day, my wife, Melissa, made a passing comment that caused me to reflect on my time as a pastor. She said, God called you to be a...

Q&A with Jenni Catron, Author of Clout

by | Mar 31, 2014 | Attractional, Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Continuing Education, Creativity, Devotional, Discipleship, Financial, Hurt and Pain, Ideas, Innovation, Internet Links, Leadership, Missional, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Worship Leading

  I recently read the book Clout by Jenni Catron on a road trip. I caught up with Jenni and asked her questions about the book and why she wrote it. Here is the interview: Greg: Why did you write Clout and what do you hope it accomplishes? Jenni: I wrote this...

Effective Leaders Hate Honesty and Love Truth

by | Oct 25, 2013 | Attractional, Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, Conferences, Consulting, Continuing Education, Devotional, Greg's Favorites, Hurt and Pain, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Media ministry, Missional, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources

I’m continuing my break from blogging and social media, so I thought I’d share some excellent content from my friend, Tom Harper each day this week. Hasn’t this week been a blessing of wisdom from a man of God? Today’s blog post is so...