Culturally, Christmas is getting a bad rap (or is that wrap?). Companies are trying to secularize the holy day by promoting materialism and jolliness instead of any religious affiliation. It seems the only time the Church is mentioned in news stories is to talk about how we’re complaining that the world is...
I’m not a Minister or a Pastor. However, I’m a communications person. All communicators aren’t Pastors; and sadly, all Pastors aren’t effective communicators. I’m not talking about you. I’m talking about the leader in charge of the church down the road. We all need to be reminded of effective communications. Especially if we...
Church Communication must be broken. Thousands of churches are closing every year; only 1 in 5 are growing, and it’s estimated that 3500 people abandon church DAILY. Only a small amount of churches seem to be working, so church communication must be a secret. Have you ever watched one of those viral videos with...
The Black Friday name originated in Philadelphia about 4 decades ago as a description of the crazy traffic that occurs as people race to stores for after-thanksgiving sales but later became the day that describes when retailers start to turn a profit (according to wikipedia). It’s become the Sabbath day of materialism. We...
We’ve been there: in a church service listening to the teaching. Your mind wanders to the game that’ll happen in the afternoon or where you’ll eat after the service. Then the Pastor pauses and starts, “The funniest thing happened to me yesterday at the grocery store” ...
