by Greg Atkinson | Oct 24, 2016 | Addiction, Anxiety, Attractional, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Conferences, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Depression, Devotional, Discipleship, Diversity, Family, First Impressions, Greg's Favorites, Guest Services, Homosexual issues, Hospitality, Hurt and Pain, Ideas, Innovation, internet campus, Internet Links, Leadership, Media ministry, Mental Health, Missional, Movies, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Podcasts, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Secret Shopper, Social Justice, Social Media, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources
Do you talk to yourself? I don’t mean when you’re wrestling through your taxes or walking through your to-do list. But do you talk yourself, really? When you are fearful, do you command your soul to trust in the Lord? When your affections are low, do you...
by Greg Atkinson | Oct 17, 2016 | Addiction, Anxiety, Attractional, Audio, Books, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Depression, Devotional, Discipleship, Family, First Impressions, Greg's Favorites, Guest Services, Homosexual issues, Hospitality, Hurt and Pain, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Media ministry, Mental Health, Missional, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Social Justice, Social Media, Worship Leading, Worship resources
Believe the unbelievable. Expectation is the act or state of looking forward or anticipating; an expectant mental attitude. The mindset and posture in which we should approach God are one of expectation. We expect God to show up, move, lead, and guide. If He...
by Greg Atkinson | Oct 10, 2016 | Attractional, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Preaching, Secret Shopper, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources
Recently, I was attending my home church and listening to the guest speaker’s message. He started out by asking everyone to close their eyes. He said, “Picture a used car salesman. Picture a librarian. Picture a sumo wrestler.” Then, he said,...
by Greg Atkinson | Sep 26, 2016 | Addiction, Anxiety, Attractional, Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, Conferences, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Depression, Devotional, Discipleship, Diversity, Family, Financial, First Impressions, FREE, Greg's Favorites, Guest Services, Homosexual issues, Hospitality, Hurt and Pain, Ideas, Innovation, internet campus, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Mental Health, Missional, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Podcasts, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Secret Shopper, Social Justice, Social Media, Spotlight, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources
I became familiar with ExPastors.com and their Founder, Bo Lane, a couple of years ago. I’ve stayed in touch with Bo ever since. Over the past year, I’ve considered being more involved. Over the last month, I’ve now taken over as Executive Director...
by Greg Atkinson | Sep 12, 2016 | Blogs, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Churches, Communication, Companies, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Greg's Favorites, Guest Services, Hospitality, Ideas, Innovation, internet campus, Internet Links, Leadership, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Secret Shopper, Social Media, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources
In 2009, I wrote a widely-shared blog entitled “Digital Real Estate.” In it, I pointed to people like worship leader Matt Redman and pastor Rick Warren, as well as churches like Life.Church and Willow Creek – that had claimed their name on Twitter,...
by Greg Atkinson | Aug 25, 2016 | Attractional, Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, Conferences, Continuing Education, Creativity, Devotional, Discipleship, Diversity, Events and Seminars, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Innovation, internet campus, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Missional, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Podcasts, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Social Justice, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources
This year, Catalyst Atlanta is going to be out of this world. I plan on going and hope to see you there. Please don’t miss the Early Bird Rates that end today! Register HERE.
