Received this question from David Henderson, Pastor of Eagle’s Landing Church in Port Richey, FL. “In a recent Time Management post you mentioned that you have automated your cell phone voice mail ‘by having voice messages automatically sent to me as text messages.’ How are you doing this?” Thanks David! Here’s two websites that do this for you: www.YouMail.com – … Read More
Character and Reputation
“Character is like a tree, and reputation is like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” — Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States
Activate Hits Bookstores!
My latest book (co-authored with Kerrick) hits bookstores today! I’m very excited about this new book on small groups. The book has been available on-line for a few weeks and is doing great. In fact, I still think Amazon.com is the best place to purchase the book. The goal of the book is to help you build a small groups … Read More
Summer Small Groups – Are They Worth It?
This week, our summer growth groups kick-off at The Journey. So far, over 90% of our adults are in a summer group. We should settle in at around 105% participation this summer – a lot of people will wait until this week to join a group. (Our goal is always 100% of our adults in a small group . . … Read More
Little Things Don’t Mean a Lot – They Mean Everything
I went to McDonalds recently . . . because I got a coupon in an Amazon.com order for a free Southern Style Chicken Sandwich. I ordered my sandwich, a small fry and a small soda. The total came to $3.47 – I was a happy camper. I can’t remember the last time I ate lunch for under $3.50! About two … Read More
How close are you to Hartford, CT?
On Friday, Bob Franquiz will be teaching my seminar on Assimilation in Hartford, CT. If you are within driving distance (i.e., within an 10 hour drive!) then I highly recommend you make it to this seminar. Someone told me recently that Bob actually teaches the seminar better than I do – but I’m in denial for now. Bob is a … Read More
A Miraculous Story – New Podcast
Most of you know Roy Mansfield as a Teaching Pastor at The Journey or the Director of Church Leader Insights or my colleague on several resources or the monthly podcasts but how much do you really know about him? Well, in this month’s new podcast the truth comes out! No, I’m not talking about his difficulties with the cops or … Read More
Monday Proflections – June 16 – 21
Here’s at what’s going on this week with me and Church Leader Insights (CLI) that might be of interest to you: Monday – I’m away today for a writing day – working on my next book (I can’t tell you the title yet but one of the goals of the book is to bridge the gap between attractional and missional … Read More
A Sunday Thought from Dale Carnegie
“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie
A Big Party Today
Kelley and I are in Atlanta today where our families are all coming together for Alexander’s 2nd Birthday (which is officially June 19). Alex is enjoying life in suburbia as you can tell in this pic: