Guest Blog: When Age Matters to Visitors
By Corinn Eckert A few weeks ago, I was talking to a lady who attends our church. She shared a story about when she and her husband were young parents and new to the area. ....
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Today’s the day. Are you ready?
All of your praying and planning for Christmas comes down to this day and this night. Tonight, you're having your Christmas Eve service. People you've never seen before are going to be there. Some are ....
Why people are offended by Christ
Christ came to change the world. He came to love people in a way they had never experienced. He came to bring light to darkness. And He came to shed that light on our sins ....
‘I am here and will be here. Until I have you.’
There's a heartwarming story gaining traction on the Internet about a father trying to connect with his son during the recent high school shooting in Denver. It's a pretty powerful story told through simple text ....
Church Marketing: What’s your call to action?
If people visit your church and you fail to give them a "next step" -- aka a call to action -- then you've wasted an opportunity. What does a call to action look or sound like? "Read more." "Learn ....
We’re not thinking big enough: Five reasons we don’t ask God for HUGE things
Several themes have been emerging in my life lately. One predominant focus is this: I'm not thinking big enough for God. Our pastor spoke about this recently, and it's come up several times in conversations ....
Guest Blog: 12 Church Etiquette Rules for Your Congregation
By Robin Marriott Etiquette rules change constantly. And, from time to time, those of us in the church need to learn new concepts or be reminded of old rules and manners. After all, your mom isn’t ....
Church Marketing: How to localize your story
When I was a newspaper reporter in southwest Missouri, I was often told to "localize the story." In our newsroom, that meant taking a national story written by the Associated Press and finding a local ....
Be joyful always? Yeah, right.
Are you thankful for right now? Right this moment, can you look at your circumstance and be thankful? For some, your answer is "Sure thing!" For others, you're saying, "Thankful? For this?" In 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Paul ....
Come on in. Watch us fight.
When Corinn and I were first married we could have some pretty big arguments. Our first argument, in fact, came about because of expired eggs and resulted in me taking everything out of the refrigerator ....