The Wired Wanderings of a Postmodern Pilgrim
Posted in American Culture, Leadership Resources, Suffering - When Bad Things Happen to Anyone on Sep 2nd, 2011
Church Attendance Falling Among Less-Educated Whites: Study. It really is no surprise. You look at Europe and the erosion has already occurred there. Martin Luther had a saying – “God is that thing to which you look toward for your highest good.” Lots of other things out there to rely on and trust and its […]
Posted in Christian Denominations, Leadership Resources, Pastor Stuff, Postmodern Perspectives on Aug 12th, 2011
Reclaiming the Mission » Howard Shultz – CEO of Starbucks – Withdraws from Willowcreek Summit: LET IT BE!. Very insightful reflection on the ongoing sexuality wars in the evangelical world and the ongoing effect it is having on connecting with postmoderns by David Fitch, pastor and professor at Northern Seminary, Lombard, IL, where I taught […]
Posted in Blogs, Leadership Resources on May 9th, 2011
7 Leadership Lessons From Phil Jackson’s Coaching Career | Big Is The New Small. Scot Williams is one of the best church leadership bloggers out there and in light of the Lakers meltdown, this is a good post. Phil Jackson’s coaching success is not an accident and there are lessons for church leaders to be […]
Posted in American Culture, Leadership Resources, The Organized Church on Apr 12th, 2011
The Coming Death of National Denomoinations, Part One – George Bullard’s Posterous. While this is not “new” news, more people are pointing to it – denominations are going extinct and mostly doing it by their own choice. The economy has been a recent factor, but unlike natural selection, many denominations and congregations are choosing to […]
Posted in American Culture, Death and Dying, Leadership Resources, The Organized Church on Feb 20th, 2011
Has Your Church Started to Die? | TonyMorganLive.com. A starkly clear appraisal of the established American church and its congregations by Tony Morgan. Its sad and funny, that Boomers would become the generation that does not want to change or give up its preferences or power for emerging generations. However, since they are reluctant to […]
Posted in American Culture, Cool Congregations, Leadership Resources, Pastor Stuff on Feb 18th, 2011
17 Signs Of A Fast Growing Church | Brian Dodd On Leadership. Living in the Lutheran tribe, with a 500 year history and serving in a congregation that has been around for over 100 years, I’m not exactly living ministry in the fast growth track. When I read this article it got me thinking. There […]
Posted in American Culture, Friends, Language and Lingo, Leadership Resources on Feb 16th, 2011
The Authenticity of Facebook and Twitter | Big Is The New Small. I credit Scott Williams for causing me to rethink and discover twitter as being something more than bumper sticker wisdom. I can’t recall where I came across his blog, but as I started following his twitter feed, it opened up how leaders are […]
Posted in Leadership Resources, Pastor Stuff on Jan 4th, 2011
Church Trends with Sam Chand | TonyMorganLive.com. Tony Morgan has become one of my go to resources on understanding the church today, particularly for those of us leading/developing multi-staff settings. This interview and identification of the major church trends in 2011 is spot on and we, as church leaders, ignore it as our peril. Its […]
Posted in Leadership Resources, Pastor Stuff, Postmodern Perspectives on Dec 29th, 2010
Good blogs are hard to find. Good blogs on religion are even harder. Good religion blogs on religion that are trying to come up with a theolgical construct and language for the 21st Century? Good luck. wikiChurch is the blog and facebook page of my friend, Nathan Swenson-Reinhold and is well worth pastor people checking […]
Posted in Leadership Resources, Pastor Stuff on Dec 1st, 2010
Collide Magazine | The iPad is Here, and It’s Coming to Your Church. Okay, I love the tech but there are indications that the iPad may become one of the biggest game changers/ministry tools since the yellow pad and the truly portable notebook. I have friends who now swear by their iPad and only use […]