by Greg Atkinson | Jun 20, 2014 | Attractional, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Continuing Education, Discipleship, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Missional, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Social Media, Web 2.0
As the Southern Baptist Convention was going on, I was following their tweets with the #SBC14 hashtag and noticed that Andy Stanley was showing up in my feed. I clicked on his Twitter profile and saw that he was taking on the SBC and challenging them. I was fascinated...
by Greg Atkinson | Jun 15, 2014 | Attractional, Audio, Blogs, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Devotional, Discipleship, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Media ministry, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Podcasts, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Training, Worship Leading, Worship resources
The San Antonio Spurs crushed the Miami Heat for the third game in a row (including two on the road) to win the NBA Championship Title. I have pulled for Tim Duncan and the Spurs since Duncan came into the league. As I watched the game, I was inspired to write about...
by Greg Atkinson | Jun 11, 2014 | Addiction, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Devotional, Discipleship, Family, Hurt and Pain, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Worship Leading
After what I posted on Monday and what I’m feeling in my heart these days, I thought this would be a timely and appropriate guest post. Take heed: Is your life insanely busy? Are you overwhelmed with everything going on in your life and want to change it? Do you...
by Greg Atkinson | Jun 9, 2014 | Addiction, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Communication, Continuing Education, Devotional, Family, Greg's Favorites, Innovation, Leadership, Pride, Random Thoughts, Worship Leading
Two Sundays ago my laptop crashed. It’s been in the shop for a week now and probably will be for another 2 weeks. I didn’t have access to my files and my blog, so I just took a break from blogging. It was nice and needed. God is teaching me to slow down,...
by Greg Atkinson | May 27, 2014 | Attractional, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Training, Worship Leading, Worship resources
This past weekend I did a secret shopper at a church in Texas that is a little under a thousand people. No one knew I was coming except the pastor. I did what I normally do during one of the hours in the morning and that is check out their children’s facilities,...
by Greg Atkinson | May 21, 2014 | Attractional, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Training
We’ve all been to a place where we felt comfortable; to a place where the atmosphere was engaging; and to a place we could call our own and return to time and time again. Over the past few decades, I’ve had the amazing opportunity to help create...