A house divided will not stand.
- Abraham Lincoln
I’m already hearing the rumbling. Many within the church are not happy with the results of the election. I’ve heard things like:
“God has taken his hand off of the US”
“McCain was God’s choice and we didn’t listen”
“Evil will reign”
What’s your […]
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Obama won. Next up: your move.
Published November 5th, 2008 in Sunday morning and communicating. 4 CommentsI had the chance to have dinner with Erik Ticen last week…we talked about the usual - raising the bar in communication, design and visual communication vs. pretty pictures and then we got on the topic of church. What is church? What would Christ think of our definition of church? Of course one of our […]
Last call for input
Published September 8th, 2008 in Sermon branding tip and Sunday morning. 1 CommentI’m putting the final touches on my talk/workshop on sermon branding for the ministryCOM conference in OK.
What are the issues you want to talk about?
What do you struggle with?
Here’s a glimpse at some of it:
Sermon graphics vs. Sermon branding
Why literal is boring
How to be inspired not a ripoff artist
7 ways to look at a sermon
How […]
Just when I think I’ve seen it all I read this article at Church Marketing Sucks. Apparently someone thought it would be a good ideas to give away a semiautomatic assault rifle as a church giveaway!
The church’s youth pastor, Bob Ross, said it’s a way of trying to encourage young people to attend the event. […]
How many subscribers do you have?
How many hits do you get?
How many people in your church?
All very popular questions…and certainly something easily measured. While these measurements have some value I agree with Scoble and Seth, it’s the who and more importantly, the what, that really matters.
Yes, you need butts in the seats on a Sunday […]
Pause for a moment… Think about Christ’s Church. (By Christ’s church, I mean every living believer.) Think about the resources God has made available to us. Consider the money we control. Consider the talent, gifts, and passion of perhaps two billion people.
Now consider the needs around the world.
What do you think God could accomplish through […]
I’ll say it over and over…great design is much bigger than pretty pictures. If it looks good but doesn’t communicate, it will be ineffective. If it communicates but doesn’t move people it’s useless. Kem Meyer has a great post about crafting your message and points out that “effective communications has less to do with […]
3 things the church can learn from Black Friday
Published November 23rd, 2007 in Sunday morning. 1 CommentI don’t take part in Black Friday. In fact it makes me sad to watch people literally fight over objects under the umbrella of Christmas. But I think we might be able to learn a thing or two about this event.
1. Black Friday works because of perception. Hundreds of people flood one store because […]
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