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 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 | 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,...
by Greg Atkinson | May 21, 2014 | Attractional, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Training
We’ve all been to a place where we felt comfortable; to a place where the atmosphere was engaging; and to a place we could call our own and return to time and time again. Over the past few decades, I’ve had the amazing opportunity to help create...
by Greg Atkinson | May 9, 2014 | Attractional, Church 2.0, Church Media, Church video, Communication, Creativity, Greg's Favorites, HD, Innovation, Media ministry, Movies, Outreach, Random Thoughts, Reviews
I went to go see the movie ‘Son of God’ on Palm Sunday to prepare myself for the upcoming Easter week. It was a great way to get my heart and mind focused on the coming week. The movie is not perfect and like most Hollywood movies, they take some creative...
