I listen to my own sermons. It’s painful, but I do it. I do it because it helps me become a better speaker (late at night it also helps my insomnia). Church Leader insights is about about to release a Sermon Series Kerrick Thomas (our Executive Pastor) and I did at The Journey Church entitled “Fully Engaged: The Power of a … Read More
What separates followers from fans of Jesus?
I stole this headline from my friend Bob Franquiz (Advanced Coaching Almuni and all around great guy – but don’t tell him I said so). Bob was our featured speaker at a recent Journey All-Staff meeting and he spoke about the important of baptism. He said: Baptism is what separates fans of Jesus from followers of Jesus! I stole that … Read More
Servants Not Stars is the Goal
Jason has a great new podcast over at Worship Leader Insights. It’s titled “Creating Servants, Not Superstars – How to Help Your Volunteers Embrace the Role of Servanthood” Check it out! Listen or Download online and its FREE!
Worship Leader Insights Event in Tampa
On Friday (April 18) we had our first Worship Leader Insights event outside of NYC. It was a full house of almost 100 hundred worship leaders to hear Jason teach on “The Top 3 Challenges Every Worship Leader Faces.” It was a great free event that we offerred at no charge to Worship Leaders. One of the “Top 3 Challenges” was “the … Read More
Fusion Webinar – Download the Notes
I can’t wait for the Fusion Webinar! We have almost 60 people signed-up and its growing by the minute. 1) Here’s the Listeners Guide (notes) for you to download and use as you listen to me on the telephone and follow the slides on your computer with internet access. Right Click Here and Choose Save As to Download … Read More
Launch En Espanol
I just found out that my book “Launch:Starting A New Church From Scratch” is being translated into Spanish. Hola! OK, now I’ve exhausted the extent of my spanish, even though I had two years in high school (in defense of Mrs. Williams, my teacher, I can read spanish much better than I can speak it!). I don’t know yet when … Read More
Sneak Preview: Time Management Resource
I’m very excited about a new resource we have coming out in a few weeks, its called: TIME MANAGEMENT FOR BUSY PASTORS Here’s a sneak preview of the look. In this resource I teach 34 time management practices (stuff you can use right now to start saving time). I’ll let you know as soon as its available in the store. … Read More
What in the World is a Fusion Webinar?
I was looking around my office today and noticed several indispensable techie items that didn’t exist a decade ago. Do you remember when a blackberry was a type of pie? And an iPod was most likely something they put on the moon! So what in the world is a “Fusion Webinar”? For the last couple of weeks you’ve been hearing … Read More
Gas Buy Down in Ohio
Got this from my friend Jeff Calloway at The Bridge Church in Perry, OH. We’ve been collecting stories from recent “Gas Buy Down” Servant Evangelism projects because we are giving away a resource on the topic.
Getting Started is the Hardest Part
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” – Stephen King