Summer’s just around the corner! This month should be an exciting time after a crazy ministry year and getting past Easter and Mother’s Day. There’s some time to breathe! I hope you feel fulfilled. Simon Sinek has said, “Excitement comes from the achievement. Fulfillment comes from the journey that got us there.” If you’re...
In our fragmented world today, we rarely have 81% of American’s doing similar things. There are so many choices for an online platform! And the internet has given us access to all the choices. It used to be that we’d have commonality in what we watched when we had limited channels to watch....
The other day I drove up to the little drive-thru speaker, paused while trying to make my ordering decision, and a garbled voice asked to take my order. I think. I politely said, “I’m sorry, I’m not quite ready yet”. There was another incoherent reply. After a few seconds, I questioned aloud,...
I like indoor plants. They supposedly clean the air with big health benefits, but I really just like the way they look. In a room of hard edges, plants soften the look of a room. I monitor their growth, prune, water and fertilize them as I need to. Occasionally as I’m tending...
Squirrel! Better chase it! Wow, there’s many distractions and options when thinking about church communication essentials. Focus is the key. And that COMMcentration (ChurchCOMM concentration) is required for a church to become noticed. Each person in your community and congregation has a lot of competition for thoughts and actions too. The shotgun approach...
I confess. I love setting communication goals. It grounds and focuses me — and let’s me know if I’m winning. It’s the difference between practicing a golf swing without a ball. Or even worse? Without a hole. Imagine if Topgolf didn’t have targets. Or if a driving range didn’t have markers indicating distance....
2020 has proven that the only consistency in life is that we should expect change. And our definition of “change” certainly broadened in the last 12 months! Looking to 2021, we know that we don’t know. It’ll be a year of unknowns. After working 30+ years in communication, here are 5 things that...
In school, test questions check the student’s knowledge like a good test will improve your church communication. An instructor guides the questions and skillfully contracts them. Once we graduate and get into the working world, we often don’t have someone who’s asking the right questions, so we end up doing what we...
God, in scripture, demonstrates unlikely generosity. In 1 Kings, we enter Elijah’s world that was being punished with drought. The perfect time for God to shine since He loves to provide in a time of need. Instead of God doing a miracle Himself, He introduces His prophet. God loves to use His people. God...
