To some of you this might read a bit like a rant. During this season of life at my church the senior pastor has been put on administrative leave while a team from our denomination can make some decisions as a 3rd party. This has left a major hole in our teaching schedule, because the…
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7th Inning Stretch
Rose and I went to a Twins/Mariners game a couple months back. It was the first professional baseball game she had ever been too. In the middle of the 7th inning everyone stood up and started singing along to a song she had never heard in her life. It was quite humorous seeing how confused…
Management Vs. Leadership
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…
Church Unique
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…
Social Media in the Church
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…
Is It Just Semantics?
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.…