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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

The dangers of inviting too early

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I like it when someone makes a similar point that I did, but much, much, better. A few years ago I wrote a post about the need to  Pick th...
Sunday, April 24, 2016

Do we even consider boosting the ministers pay packet?

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I'm fully aware that what I'm about to propose, in most ministry contexts, is pure fantasy. After all, how many churches are meeting...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

The lasting legacy

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Forgotten or replaced... Programs. Activities. Resources. Chances are, everything you do in ministry - given enough time - will be for...
Sunday, April 17, 2016

All welcome to what exactly?

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If you type "church signs" into the search box on my blog you get a lot of results . Sometimes I've raved about the good use o...
Friday, April 15, 2016

Do you want to lead the superstar of the church?

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Earlier this week I wrote here how every activity of the church, ideally, should be branded and guided by the church-wide vision/mission st...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Who should pronounce the announcements?

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I've written here that any announcements made during a church service need to hit a significant portion of the congregation. But the ...
Monday, April 11, 2016

All falling under the same tag-line

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I've worked at numerous churches which have had vision/mission statements or church-wide goals. Sometimes they have been useful and help...
Friday, April 8, 2016

You're doing WHAT in the hall after church?

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"...and you're all warmly invited to join in a time of fellowship in the hall after the service." If I'm honest, I don...
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

How often to we "read" the stories?

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Cinderella. Frozen. Finding Nemo. Sleeping Beauty. Tangled. Beauty & the Beast. Each night I "read" my eldest daughter ...
Sunday, April 3, 2016

The fakest part of the church service

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Ideally, everyone is authentic at church. Ideally... The reality is that we all, to an extent, fake church. We put on false smiles. W...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Charting the next step

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Connect with. Attend an event. Be included. Feel a sense of belonging. Be open to Jesus. Convert to following Jesus. Invite others. I...
Monday, March 28, 2016

How much should the minister's family do?

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When it comes to the families of those in ministry, there seems to be two sides of the coin; they are either included in everything or they ...
Friday, March 25, 2016

When you should use the skeptic's perspective

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I like how the latest post on preachingtoday, in an article on Preaching to Skeptics this Easter , mentions the idea of studying your passag...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016

The elephant scout

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How many meetings have you been in, after having already dragged on for ages, someone finally pipes up and says what everyone isn't? L...
Saturday, March 19, 2016

Why I explain communion to my daughter and every church family should do the same

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At my current church, when we have communion, I make a point to go down the front with my eldest daughter, personally give her the bread, an...
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Should they really "all know"?

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On Sunday I preached for the first time since last November. Without going spectacularly, I think it went relatively ok. But, while refere...
Sunday, March 13, 2016

Think > Feel > Act

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Every so often, due to multiple rugby-induced concussions, I think that I've written about something, when in fact, I can't track it...
Thursday, March 10, 2016

80% attendance of what?

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I'll confess, up until last Sunday, I hadn't been to church since late January. With a heavily pregnant wife and the idea of wrangli...
Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Why do the words hurt?

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We all know, despite the lyric we grew up with about sticks & stones, that words can hurt. No matter if it I a conversation with a fri...
Sunday, March 6, 2016

The leader's cringe poker face

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I don't think I've ever attended, and certainly not been a part of, a flawless church service. Even in the details -so-minute-that-y...