How I Read More than 14 Books in 3 Months

by | Jul 25, 2013 | Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Companies, Continuing Education, Financial, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Social Media, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources

As I’ve often stated and written: Leaders are readers. In addition to the books that I read completely, I read several books via professional summaries. I do this through my subscription to Leaders Book Summaries. As you can see here on my blog, they are a main...

My Reading List for Late Spring/Summer 2013

by | Jul 24, 2013 | Audio, Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Internet Links, Leadership, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Products, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Social Media, Training, Web 2.0, Worship resources

Here’s a list of books I read in the last 3 months. The last 4 books are ones I’m finishing up in the next two weeks (through July). Leaders are readers! Leaders are life-long learners. Always remember that. Here’s my list: Deep & Wide: Creating...

Deep and Wide Team Discussion

by | Jul 11, 2013 | Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Financial, FREE, Green, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Podcasts, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Specials, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources

I’ve mentioned before that I’ve read Andy Stanley’s new book Deep and Wide. I may not have mentioned that I’m taking our entire Leadership Team at my campus through it. We have met and discussed the book on our staff retreat earlier this year,...

Father’s Day Resources

by | Jun 12, 2013 | Blogs, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, Funny, Greg's Favorites, HD, Holidays, Ideas, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Movies, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Worship Leading, Worship resources

We’re showing a video this Sunday at my church (like we did on Mother’s Day). On Mother’s Day, we showed the video from Skit Guys. I love the Father’s Day video from Skit Guys, but we thought it was too similar to the Mother’s Day one....

Have You Heard of CREATIONSWAP?

by | Jun 7, 2013 | Blogs, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, FREE, Greg's Favorites, HD, Ideas, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Movies, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Software, Specials, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources

Recently I came across a resource website called CREATIONSWAP. I forwarded it on to my worship pastor and didn’t think much more about it. I went into his office one day as he was working on our pre and post-service slides (they’re really sharp) and he was...