by Greg Atkinson | Jul 14, 2014 | Attractional, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Conferences, Continuing Education, Creativity, Events and Seminars, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Innovation, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Random Thoughts, Training, Worship Leading, Worship resources
I’ll be in Kansas City this week speaking at and hanging out at the National Worship Leader Conference (NWLC). If you’re going to be there, come find me. I’m teaching on innovation and my new book on Thursday. Then Saturday morning, I fly to San...
by Greg Atkinson | Jul 3, 2014 | Addiction, Attractional, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Continuing Education, Creativity, Devotional, Discipleship, Family, Holidays, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Media ministry, Missional, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Worship Leading
I’ve tried to practice what I preach and take off this week to relax and vacation with family. We are preparing to celebrate the 4th of July, otherwise known as Independence Day. I was reflecting on that and thought about the last chapter of my book Strange...
by Greg Atkinson | Jun 24, 2014 | Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Companies, Creativity, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Random Thoughts, Reviews
Like over 5 million people, I watched and participated with the premier of ABC’s new reality singing competing “Rising Star” this past Sunday night. I waited to blog about it to see how the world reacted to the premier. Many called it a failure,...
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...