I watched The Hurt Locker last night, mostly because it is nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars on Sunday. It is quite sad how few of the movies nominated for Best Picture I have seen. I guess I was trying to make up that a little. All in all, a solid movie. Seemed to…
A New Expression of Worship
In many ways our “modern” form of worship is already becoming outdated. What do I mean by modern worship? I mean Hillsong United, I mean Chris Tomlin, I mean moving lights and moving backgrounds with lyrics over the top, I mean 4 minute songs, I mean 5 song worship “sets” of music. Hopefully you get…
A New Way of Mentoring
I often wonder if we haven’t made mentoring something far too difficult for most people. When most people think of mentoring I believe they think of finding someone younger than them, who needs guidance, meeting with them for serious conversations over a long period of time, until they grow up. You might say that this…
Most Popular Posts From the Past Month
In case you missed some of these…here are the most popular posts from February 2010. I’ve ranked them based on total number of hits according to Google Analytics. Tebow, Abortion, and the Super Bowl Why ChurchRater.com is a Bad Idea Why ChurchRater.com is a Great Idea How NBC Ruined the Olympics The Numbers Game Which…
Critical Church Members
I read a post from Seth Godin a few weeks ago that has stuck with me ever since. Here is his concluding thought: Firing the customers you can’t possibly please gives you the bandwidth and resources to coddle the ones that truly deserve your attention and repay you with referrals, applause and loyalty (read the…
Fortuitous Bouncing
If any of you missed the first 12 minutes of the US/Finland men’s hockey game yesterday, I do feel sorry for you. After Finland dominated the first 3 minutes on their end of the ice, the US scored 6 straight goals in 12 minutes. I don’t watch much hockey, but I have never seen anything…