Communication is difficult in the church. You stand in front of the congregation with many important thoughts to share. Things that God has put on your heart. You’ve prayed, prepared, and positioned yourself in the right place. When you start speaking, you have everyone’s attention. Then, slowly, you’re aware of people not fully...
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...
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” ...
It's happened to us. We've lost something. We look around and we realize someone else has it in their hands. We approach them, "Excuse me, but I think that's mine". They look up and say "I just found it, and I was thinking it looked just like something of yours". What do they mean...
Anyone who knows me, knows I’m a news junkie. In fact, it’s hard for me to not read a daily newspaper, check news websites throughout the day and watch the evening news before I close my eyes for the night. More and more, I realize that I rarely read the news articles...
Almost every ministry or company that we start talking with needs to start at the same spot. Developing a Story. Interestingly, when we meet people throughout the day -- people we've never met before -- we have a "thing" we do. Don't we? Everyone sort of does it differently. "Hi, I'm Mark. It's...
