A fish tale — and a lesson on taking risks
This past week, I was invited on an adventure. A friend of mine from church asked me to go along with him and three of his friends to the Gulf Coast, where we camped at ....
Category: church marketing
‘Doing nothing’ is not a fun job
Have you ever had a job where you get paid to do nothing? Some might think that's a great job. It's not. If you're sitting there all day and you're not being challenged and you're ....
Don’t try to reduce God to a mix tape
Do you remember mix tapes? Today, we call them playlists. When I was in high school in the 1990s, I was pretty good at making the perfect mix tape for any occasion. I probably made ....
Book recommendation: Love Does by Bob Goff (buy it, read it, underline it)
Have you ever had one of those books that, when you read it, you find yourself underlining key passages? And then you realize you should just underline every word because it's THAT good and THAT ....
Beyond the Trunk or Treat: A Halloween ministry idea for your neighborhood
Our church, First Baptist of Temple, Texas, hosts an incredible Trunk or Treat each Halloween. Last year, more than 1,200 people from the community attended, and I believe it's a model of how a Trunk ....
Do you really understand the needs of your community? #maybenot
Sometimes we get so caught up in the day-to-day -- writing the sermon, preparing the choir, arranging the Bible studies, meeting with the stewardship committee, keeping the deacons happy -- that we occasionally lose sight ....
Eric’s picks: A list of random resource recommendations for your church marketing needs
Have you been in a church marketing funk lately? Do you need an extra dose of inspiration? Here is a list of books, speakers, magazines and online tools that have encouraged me these past months. ....
Acknowledge good works publicly
I spent the day Thursday enjoying a professional development conference and hearing from experienced professionals from the worlds of social media, crisis communications, event planning, public relations, media relations, and business etiquette. One speaker, an ....
Church Marketing: Put it in Writing
Yesterday morning I was reading the opening verses in the Gospel of John. Beautiful verses. Powerful. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was ....
Expressing the ‘inexpressible’
The Apostle Peter writes: Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, ....