Archive for June, 2010
Dad Life: A Moving Tribute to Fathers
It’s Friday. It has been a great day and on a great day you (and I) need something special. I thought and re-thought about whether I would post this video…and alas I must. As a tribute to all of you who are Dads: Dad Life from Church on the Move on Vimeo.
Twitter: The Greatest Leadership Tool Ever Invented
Got your attention? During an interview (below), which I discovered on a blog post of one of my new Twitter connections Don Miller (no, not the famous author), Michael Hyatt (CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers) says: “I think Twitter is maybe the greatest leadership tool ever invented.” Michael is an extremely busy leader who makes [...]
Is Anyone Listening?
I’m Listening – the famous line of Fraser Crane… Please indulge me for a moment. I need to rant. One of the core tenants of social media is that it is supposed to be social. Social means that there is conversation. Conversation is a two way or multi-player communication channel. It started out that way [...]
Marketing A Church In Canada
Canada is a different culture from America. There is a completely different perspective of the Christian Church in Canada. We are a large country geographically (second largest in the world), yet our population is comparatively small. Across this great land, churches are shrinking and closing their doors. It is not that there isn’t a hunger for spiritual things – it [...]
Now
Now. Now is the time. All of us have things we have said we would do. Things we would try. Things we would learn. We get sidetracked with “will”. Someday I will… Someday, I will blog. Someday, I will have a new web site designed. Someday, I will try a new “social media” tool or [...]
What Do People Think Of When They Think Of You
Jerod over at the web site Church Juice posted an article earlier this week titled “Marketing Isn’t a Bad Word if You Think of It Right“ – the article references a Collide Magazine article. So often, leaders in churches struggle with combining marketing with ministry. Yet, marketing is simply storytelling and impressions that you, your [...]
Why Every Church Leader Should Be On Facebook
I have joined the Media Salt team as a summer contributor. Today, I wrote my first article for them titled Why Every Church Leader Should Be on Facebook. I believe that every pastor, elder, and ministry leader should strategically leverage Facebook as a practical relationship building tool in their church. Please click over there, read [...]
