Leadership and Laughter

by | Jul 25, 2014 | Addiction, Attractional, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Devotional, Discipleship, Funny, Hurt and Pain, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Media ministry, Missional, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Social Media, Training, Worship Leading

Last night I was doing my regular Thursday night thing – watching the comedy shows back to back on NBC (like I have for years). I was reflecting on how good and healthy it was to laugh and unwind. Then I was reminded of some of the best leadership advice someone...

My Friend Eric Bryant Wrote a New Book

by | Jul 22, 2014 | Attractional, Blogs, Books, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Continuing Education, Devotional, Discipleship, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Leadership, Missional, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Worship Leading

Eric Bryant has a new project that just released called A Fruitful Life: Becoming Who You Were Created To Be. Eric serves at Gateway Church in Austin, and previously he served at Mosaic in Los Angeles. His previous book is called Not Like Me: A Field Guide for...

Speaking and Consulting This Week

by | 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...

Stop Trying to Be a Super Leader

by | Jul 7, 2014 | Addiction, Attractional, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Devotional, Discipleship, Family, Financial, Hurt and Pain, Innovation, Leadership, Media ministry, Missional, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Worship Leading

I know what you’re thinking? What’s wrong with excellence and trying my best at leadership? Nothing. We should strive to lead with excellence. What I’m referring to is going to an extreme where we try to be SuperMan, SuperMom, SuperLeader,...

Celebrating Our Dependence

by | 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...