It used to be that Christmas began when Santa Claus passed the reviewing stand in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. It used to be that the first strains of Christmas carols played on the Muzak on the following Friday morning. It used to be.
However, for most churches, Advent will begin this year on December third, […]
When I posted this on my blog I had no idea I would get some many emails asking for more clarification on how to go about deciding on what to measure and how to actually do it. So here does the expanded version of my blog post.
The old adage “you get what you measure” […]
I am a grandfather!
I have had married children for a few years. Â And those who are already grandparents have been hounding me to have grandchildren. Â I usually tell them I don’t have much control over such matters.
These folks uniformly tell me how awesome it is to be a grandparent; just play with the child […]
I’m sure you have all heard the phrase, don’t sweat the small stuff. That expression was highlighted in Richard Carlson’s book, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and It’s All Small Stuff. In it he tells you how to keep from letting the little things in life drive you crazy. Carlson reveals ways to calm down […]
It happened again. I was speaking with a pastor of a small church at a training event and they admitted that they created the bulletin every week. I asked if anyone else could do it and the pastor said, “No one will step up. I’ve tried.”
That’s not acceptable. Ever. There’s no way a pastor […]
For the week of February 20, 2006
How Do You Spell Leadership
By: Bill Easum
How do you SPELL leadership? Try it this way: Specific Preparation Enables Loving Leaderships. I imagine all of us understand that to preach a great sermon requires various forms of preparation. That’s sort of obvious. But what isn’t as obvious is that […]
Craig Van Gelder, editor
Conversations and books about the missional church abound these days. Some are saying the term belongs only to them others realize any church that reaches out to transform the surrounding comminty is missional.
Craig Van Gelder has been at the forefront of the missional conversation for decades. In this book he continues his […]
Over the years, I’ve noticed there’s some significant confusion about the Great Commission. For several centuries, the church has interpreted it as “Go ye into all the world,” which of course is a translation for the more appropriate term ethnic groups (lit. ethnos). In today’s language, we would accurately say, “Go and make disciples of […]
The more I work with lead pastors the more I realize how hard it is for them to fire a staff person who isn’t performing or isn’t a team player or is just downright disruptive. Too many pastors put up with so much crap from one or two on their staff that they shoot […]
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