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...

Andy Stanley Takes on the SBC via Twitter

by | 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...

Leadership Lessons from the San Antonio Spurs

by | 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...

How Good is Your Church’s Security?

by | 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,...