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Is the Medium Really the Message?

I’ve been doing a little thinking about how most of the church in America, and often around the world, most commonly meets together. You know–at our Sunday services? Is the way we’re often “doing church” really communicating what we think it is, especially to visitors or folks just checking things out?

Is the form in which we receive a message as important as the message itself? (more…)

7 Reasons You Need To Play More

Ever since I was a young man I’ve loved riding motorcycles. I’ve talked to you about my love of Harleys before. But nowadays I am realizing that I don’t just enjoy riding and taking time to play–I really need to play. And often.

My natural tendency is to be a workaholic, and I tend to live with a sense that I have to keep this planet spinning on its axis. If I take too much time off we’re all doomed! Crazy right? But a little spin on my bike, some wind in my hair, and things quickly get better. (more…)

What You Need to Stop Doing to Make More Disciples

Wouldn’t it be great if you could actually start doing less stuff and make more disciples? Heck yeah!

Many of us are super-busy on mission and with ministry related activities, but may not be focused on the right things that produce the greatest fruit. (more…)

How to See Discipleship and Mission Become Movements

Transformation. It’s the core of true discipleship and all missional endeavors. And transformation leads to movements. Is there a powerful connection between all of these?

If you want to see movement, from one thing to another, from unbelief to belief, from static to active, from traditional to missional, from consumerism to active participation… here are five steps that all movements follow. And we can’t afford to miss a single step!
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Are You Measuring What God Measures in Your Life and Ministry?

Last week in my post: How Leaders Keep from Tapping Out, Burning Out or Being Disqualified, I shared with you some of the things that Hugh Halter and I have been learning about being leaders who stay in the game for the long haul.

We looked at the first part of our Journeymen Oath #2: “I Commit to Move at God’s Pace and Measure what God Measures.”

And we saw how important it was to move at a sustainable pace, following Jesus’ teachings on the pattern and the promises from his parables that lead to explosive and sustainable kingdom growth. Small is big, slow is fast and multiplication wins. Now let’s finish up this “oath” and look at metrics and measurements. (more…)

7 Reasons Why Gossip Is Poison

Gossip is poison! And I’ve noticed gossip is one of those things these days that is so common in relationships, in our conversations and in our cultural experience, that we hardly even notice it anymore. Let me show you how to stop gossip.

Let me start off by saying that I have gossiped…

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