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November 4, 2008 0 Comments

I recently had a great conversation with an older member of a fast-shrinking congregation. She was looking for resources on how to improve communications within her congregation and she was finding precious few

October 28, 2008 0 Comments

Once upon a time, I used to teach. It was a one room schoolhouse with up to twelve kids ages preschool through seniors in high school. I taught the ABCs, 123s, algebra, trig,

October 21, 2008 0 Comments

Another one bites the dust. If I had a dollar for every pastor who started the transformation process and ended up leaving the church and/or ministry, I could have retired long ago. But

October 20, 2008 0 Comments

I was involved in a conversation earlier today about hiring a staff member at a church. Hiring staff can be a real sticky situation. In some churches, the denomination does the hiring. That

October 17, 2008 0 Comments

Today I've spent all day ... well, from 10:30 AM until 4:20 ... training fifty-two participants the first half of the Hitchhiker's Guide to Evangelism seminar. I'm exhausted (that's a lot of time

October 16, 2008 2 Comments

Just a quick post while I'm on the road. A colleague of mine and I were talking about appropriate follow-up plans for first-time visitors and I referenced a thread on the Advanced Leadership Forum