The World Series, Managers, Coaches and Leadership

by | Oct 31, 2016 | Anxiety, Attractional, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Conferences, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Innovation, Internet Links, Leadership, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources

It’s amazing what you can learn and observe watching sports. I’m a huge sports fan and I not only follow players, I follow coaches. When the NBA basketball season opened, I watched the San Antonia Spurs (minus Tim Duncan) beat the Golden State Warriors...

Preaching to Yourself: The Most Important Sermon of All

by | 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...

Ministry, Leadership, Worship, and Expectation

by | 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...

Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Life and Lies

by | Oct 12, 2016 | Anxiety, Attractional, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Depression, Devotional, Discipleship, Homosexual issues, Hurt and Pain, Leadership, Media ministry, Mental Health, Missional, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Social Justice, Social Media, Worship Leading

I have lived with fear and anxiety for my entire life. It’s exhausting. I used to think that trouble was around every corner and lay in my bed paralyzed from a panic attack. You see, I had believed a lie from the enemy. I thought that because my dad died of a...

Have You Heard of ExPastors.com?

by | 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...