Category: Blog
Be Careful Which Way You Lean
By: Brandon A. Cox Be Careful Which Way You Lean .et_post_meta_wrapper I love the story of The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss, and one of the most impactful lines comes in an exchange between the Lorax and the Once-ler: The Lorax: Which way does a tree fall?The Once-ler: Uh, down?The Lorax: A […]
How to connect with guests who are watching your services on demand instead of live (Facebook Live summary session 9)
By: Greg Curtis When I was a kid, I never dreamed I would watch TV the way I do today. In first through third grade, one of my all time favorite cartoons was “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”. It came on once a year. That’s not a typo. I’m […]
Gardening and the Phygital Church
By: The Church.Digital I’ve been gardening for 9 years, and every year our garden grows bigger. This pandemic year meant we spent even more time in our garden, and my wife harvested a child’s wagon full of vegetables just this evening. My wife and I host a podcast where we […]
What Church Leaders Are (Really) Thinking in 2020
By: Carey Nieuwhof As much as you wish things were getting easier in church leadership, they don’t appear to be heading in that direction. If anything, things are more complicated than they were a month ago. And infinitely more complicated than they were a year ago. My guess is you’ve […]
PODCAST 081: Craig Whitney & Moving Beyond the Church Service Business
By: The Church.Digital How do you start a church movement? Sure, there’s probably different ways we can answer that question. If we looked at Christ’s example, well, he started with 12 guys. Not a massive movement. He started with individuals and took three years to groom, grow, and disciple […]
Twelve Resources for This Cultural Moment
By: Discipleship.org Discipleship-first Friends, The United States is the midst of big change. First, it was COVID-19 and all the changes around which everyone had to adopt. Then, it was economic shock. And now it has moved to public protests, demonstrations, and civil unrest. Now, it has moved even further […]
Season Your Speech with Grace
By: Brandon A. Cox Season Your Speech with Grace .et_post_meta_wrapper Every conversation you get into is an opportunity to show people the grace of God that you’ve experienced in your own life. The apostle Paul wrote to the Colossian believers once. In chapter 4 verse 6 of his letter, he […]
Episode 501: Thriving in Leadership
By: New Churches In Episode 501 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss what thriving looks like and the importance of spiritual and emotional health. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: How church leaders are seen as second and third respondersWhy creating sabbath rhythms are important Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches): […]
5 Ways To Know Someone Is Ready For A Next Step
By: Stan Rodda Every now and then someone has asked me a question along these lines, “How do I know when someone is ready to be discipled?” The short answer is simply discernment. We need to be in tune enough with the Holy Spirit to know when someone near us […]
5 Fears About Reopening that Church Staff Aren’t Telling Their Leaders
By: UnSeminary This has been a strange season to be working in the local church. Just a few months ago, we all made the pivot to entirely digital and that felt like the biggest change in our history of leading in the local church. At that point, we thought it […]