Rainer Publishing: A Great New Resource for the Church

by | Aug 21, 2013 | Audio, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Financial, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Innovation, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Missional, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Preaching, Products, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Social Media, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources

Yesterday, Rainer Publishing officially launched and went public. I’m thrilled about this great new resource for churches, pastors and Christians in general. I’m also pleased to announce that I’m under contract with them and will be releasing a brand...

Have You Heard of CMG?

by | Aug 20, 2013 | Blogs, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, Creativity, HD, Ideas, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Media ministry, Outreach, Social Media, Software, Specials, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources

We use CMG or Church Motion Graphics at our church. I met the owner Jeff via social media and then in-person while speaking at a conference up in his neck of the wood (Canada). I got him connected with our worship pastor, Matt Rector. This is Matt’s review of...

Announcing New Coaching and Consulting Options

by | Aug 13, 2013 | Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Innovation, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Missional, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Preaching, Products, Random Thoughts, Social Media, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources

After 20 years of church ministry and countless consulting opportunities, I’ve decided to offer some new opportunities to learn from and connect with me. To learn about a cool new experience where you come to my home and spend the weekend with me learning from...

The Gospel According to Breaking Bad

by | Aug 12, 2013 | Books, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Churches, Communication, Continuing Education, Devotional, Greg's Favorites, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Reviews

Breaking Bad returned last night. Shhh! I haven’t seen it, yet. Don’t tell me what happened. My friend Blake Atwood wrote this great book that you can get for $2.99. It’s called The Gospel According to Breaking Bad. I have downloaded it to my Kindle...

How I Read More than 14 Books in 3 Months

by | Jul 25, 2013 | Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Companies, Continuing Education, Financial, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Social Media, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources

As I’ve often stated and written: Leaders are readers. In addition to the books that I read completely, I read several books via professional summaries. I do this through my subscription to Leaders Book Summaries. As you can see here on my blog, they are a main...