Why some churches are like the ‘be like Mike’ ad?

    Remember the Nike ad campaign which was centred around Michael Jordan? It was called "be like Mike" there was a catchy jingle and various cutaways of Mike owning ...

Does life begin at 40?

They say that life begins at 40. Today is a big milestone in my life. I'm 40. So let it begin! According to some people I'm supposed to be going through a mid-life crisis. You know, driving ...

Are you simple or complicated?

Here I was thinking it would be easy setting up a blog about how to be clear and simple in church communications would be, well you know, simple and clear. Go with Typepad I said to myself, lots of ...

Meet the No.1 business thinker in the world. He blew my mind.

It's no wonder Gary Hamel is ranked the #1 most influential business thinker in the world by the Wall Street Journal with quotes like these:"The world is becoming turbulent faster than most ...

Bill Hybels: leading in a new reality @The_GLS

- We are leading in furious times & in a new reality. - how do we navigate through economic Rogue waves? - Rogue waves draw something out of us that calm seas never will. - be the church to be ...

Global Leadership Summit

I'm at the Global Leadership Summit today. Willow Creek just know how to put on a good conference. The sense of anticipation of what wisdom and insight that will come out it is rising in my ...

Connect your church into group life in 30 days

In January of this year we ran a church-wide survey and discovered that many people at our church weren't in life groups. Many people who called our church 'home' for different reasons weren't ...

Who comes first?

Who is your primary audience in your communication?a) Those who attend your church; or/andb) Those that you want to attend your church.If you aim at everything, you'll hit nothing. Again. ...

When your memories exceed your dreams the end is near

I was kneeling in our soon to be completed laundry hammering my gizzillionth nail in the floor listening to a Andy Stanley leadership podcast. He said something profound when he was ...

Keeping ideas and communications simple. What some guru’s think

Kem Meyer says we need to go on an information diet to fight information obesity. Shawn Wood talks about keeping simplicity in creativity and in communication. Kerry Bural who is new on my blog ...

It’s very hard to be simple

As Albert Einstein is reputed to have said "Things should be as simple as possible, but no simpler" It is very hard to be simple. As we create concepts, ideas, projects or communicate in ...