Have You Heard of Tithe.ly?

by | Dec 12, 2016 | Anxiety, Attractional, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Churches, Communication, Companies, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Greg's Favorites, Holidays, Hospitality, Ideas, Innovation, internet campus, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Social Media, Software, Specials, Spotlight, Tech Blogroll, Travel, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources

I’d love to introduce you to my newest sponsor: Tithe.ly. Tithe.ly was one of the first giving apps allowed into the Apple app store in 2013. Giving via a mobile device was born out of both a need and opportunity they saw when they first saw what Apple did with...

Have You Ever Considered a Church Secret Shopper?

by | Jan 28, 2016 | Attractional, Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, Conferences, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Discipleship, Diversity, Events and Seminars, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Innovation, internet campus, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Missional, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources

A lot of people have heard or read that I’m regularly doing secret shopper or mystery worshiper visits to churches around the country. The question has been raised (and it’s a valid one): Do you need a secret shopper? As someone who takes the mission to...

What Are You Doing to Develop Personally?

by | Jan 22, 2016 | Books, Church 2.0, church planting, Communication, Companies, Conferences, Continuing Education, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Preaching, Products, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Training, Worship resources

One of the biggest challenges every leader faces is how to continue developing and growing as a leader while still getting things done and moving things forward. With the ever-increasing demands on our time and energy, often the first thing that goes is investing in...

Book Review – Imagine: How Creativity Works

by | Oct 13, 2014 | Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Continuing Education, Creativity, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Media ministry, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Worship Leading, Worship resources

I’m taking a break to write my next book this month. Today’s blog post is a guest post from Tom Harper. Tom is president of Networld Media Group, a publisher of online trade journals and events for the banking, retail, restaurant and church leadership...

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...