Seek God. Love God. Love and Serve Others.
Don’t think twice about ministering to someone this weekend. Just do it. If you see a need, meet the need. If someone asks for help, then help. If your kids ask you to play with them, play with them. If your friend asks you to help him move, then go help him move. If your […]
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Step One Take a moment and identify three awesome and/or unique things about your church. Step Two Write them down. ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ Step Three Prayerfully identify three people who could benefit from one or more of the things you wrote down in Step Two. Step Four Write their names down. ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ Step […]
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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 the beautiful Goose Island State Park and spent three days kayaking in the bay and various creeks and inlets in the […]
Read MoreHave 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 not able to contribute, it’s miserable. God created us to work. He gave us each gifts to share with the […]
Read MoreDo 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 at least a hundred of those things. I’d make one for every road trip, every friend, every girlfriend, every summer […]
Read MoreHave 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 insightful? Well, that book is Bob Goff’s Love Does. I heard Bob speak at the Willow Creek Association’s Global Leadership […]
Read MoreOur 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 or Treat should be presented. Our family has provided a trunk the past two years. I wrote about Trunk or […]
Read MoreSometimes 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 of the ministry opportunities outside the doors of the church. There are obvious ministries. Someone is hungry? Serve a meal. […]
Read MoreHave 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. Take a few minutes to browse this list of recommendations and click on the links to discover more about these […]
Read MoreI 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 expert on business etiquette, talked about the need for public acknowledgement. She talked about a “traveling trophy” in the office […]
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