I’ve spent a lot of time this summer processing the concepts of management and leadership and how they are often assumed to be the same thing, yet I’ve learned them to be two extremely different things.
Last week at Catalyst Andy Stanley said:
Managers manage to sameness, leaders lead to change.
One of my favorite quotes on management [...]

I just finished reading Church Unique by Will Mancini a few days ago for a class I’m taking next week.
The main concept of the book is that each church has a unique culture, vision, and movement but few churches are living out those things.
My favorite part of the whole book was a quote he used [...]

People are using the internet for social reasons now more than ever before. They are looking to connect with people, not just gain information on the web.
I’ve always believed that the church should be and can be at the forefront of creative culture. And so much of creative culture is being birthed within the social [...]

Over the weekend the student worship team and I led at Sunset’s high school spring retreat. I’ve only helped lead at 2 student ministry camps now so I’m not sure I have a good idea of what “success” is when it comes to camps, but if this one wasn’t successful, I don’t know what is.
Easily [...]

Every Sunday, just about every church in America takes an offering. They make it a part of their time together for two primary reasons: it is an act of worship and it probably reminds people to give, so in theory more people give.
I’ve always hated the offering time though. Very rarely is it something I [...]

During my undergrad studies I took numerous management classes and often our class discussions would be centered around the importance of being flexible and nimble in business. We would go through numerous case studies of businesses that were once at the top of their industry, and after 10 years of remaining stagnant (without change in [...]