SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! I’ve written hundreds of talks for the offering time, and I do this to help you elevate the offering time. To simplify and better meet your needs, starting in March, I will be moving away from posting weekly talks to the Stewardship Coach/Stewardship Journal newsletter. Instead, I will...
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! I’ve written hundreds of talks for the offering time, and I do this to help you elevate the offering time. To simplify and better meet your needs, starting in March, I will be moving away from posting weekly talks to the Stewardship Coach/Stewardship Journal newsletter. Instead, I will...
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! I’ve written hundreds of talks for the offering time. I do this to help you elevate the offering time. To simplify and better meet your needs, starting in March, I will be moving away from posting weekly talks to the Stewardship Coach/Stewardship Journal newsletter and will instead provide...
The what? I confess that until last week I had never thought about that or even heard that phrase used. What is a pro-digital pastor? According to a new study, Meet the Digital Donor, produced by the Barna Group, a digital pastor is one who is thinking strategically about how...
Let me save some of you guys’ marriages by reminding you that Tuesday is Valentine’s Day! Don’t forget! Americans love Valentine’s Day. We must, as we will spend 24 BILLION dollars expressing our love for that special someone. Last year, the average spent was $174. Would it surprise you that men...
Do you see the glass as half-full or half-empty? Filmmaker Woody Allen famously said, "I see the glass half full…but of poison." 1. Woody Allen must have been prophesying about life in the 2020s! I won't sugar coat it; 2022 was another challenging year for us here at CHURCH NAME. Yet,...
Are there any classic rock and roll fans here? Who let the Boomers in? It will be Valentine's Day in a few weeks, and retailers have their cards and candy ready for purchase. It led me to think about love songs, and I wanted to know if any of you...
“I’m furious!” I wasn’t prepared for that answer from an SBC pastor when I asked him how he was doing. The pastor was one of the mildest, nicest guys I had ever worked with. We were meeting for lunch to discuss his upcoming capital campaign. Yet, I could tell by...
Don’t look now but Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and Americans have $165 to spend! That is what the average American said they would spend last Valentine's Day on cards, candies, and flowers, all to say, I Love You.1. All those flowers wilted, the candy was eaten, and...
Dreams matter. Tomorrow's holiday honoring Martin Luther King is proof of that. On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the iconic "I Have a Dream" speech in front of over 250,000 supporters at the Lincoln Memorial. The speech was ranked the best American speech of the 20th century...
