Here are my thoughts about the role of corporate culture in the local church. I am not suggesting that these three points should be the corporate culture of your church—every church needs to figure out what corporate culture serves their unique vision and values—but...
American talk radio is an endless source of material for my Stupid Statement blog category. It’s hard to know where to start. How about yesterday. . . While in my truck listening to a call-in discussion about what seems to be the biggest news item of the...
While on the cross-trainer this morning, I was flipping channels and landed on a sports interview program. The interviewee was the latest ubiquitous Eastern European teen tennis star/fashion model. Since most top shelf tennis players/fashion models join the pro tour...
Had a good meeting the last two days with some old pastors and some younger campus ministers and some admin people who are neither young nor old. We were making important decisions about how our churches and campus ministry will work together in the future. No matter...
My old friend, Jerome Ocampo, dropped by my office yesterday. When I first met Jerome in 1984, we were both in our 20s, both trying to plant churches, both broke and clueless. We both had big vision and little training. We made up for our lack of experience with faith...
A few blogs ago—seems like a month ago—I summarized the 2007 Every Nation World Conference in 5 statements: 1. We are called to the ends of the earth. 2. We need the power & presence of the Holy Spirit. 3. We must remember the poor. 4. We must empower...
