Archive - September, 2008
The Egos of Mega-church Pastors
Can a pastor lead a large megachurch without having an inflated ego and wresting with pride? Last week I participated in a dinner discussion while we were at MinistryCOM, a conference for church communicators. There were five of us at the table and, since much of our respective work is in the church space, we started to list the various megachurch pastors we knew or knew of and what we knew of their character. more »
Why We Do What We Do
Why do we do what we do at CHANGEffect? I got an email the other day from a person we are currently working with and it says it all: more »
People Act Based on Story
I heard Brian McLaren talk a few weeks ago when he spoke at Mars Hill Bible Church in Michigan. In a word: amazing. Here’s a quote: “People don’t make decisions based on reality. They make decisions based on the stories they believe about reality.” Then he goes through a list of what he calls “framing stories” that frame reality as we know it. Amazing. more »
Generalists and Specialists
Am I a generalist or a specialist? This is a question that seems healthy to consider. I think all of us need to be good at several things to do life well. Dental hygeine, laundry, some form of cooking—these are all pretty necessary for life. In our jobs it’s important for us to be well-rounded and useful in different ways. That’s all good and fine.
But I believe we all have been gifted with special gifts and skills that enable us to be specialists as well. more »
Do You Stand Out From the Crowd?
I was standing in line for a roller coaster at Silver Dollar City this summer with my two oldest boys. We were getting bored and I was trying to think of something fun we could do to pass the time. I noticed that the kid in front of us had a “Class of 2006” shirt on and the back of his shirt listed all the students in the class. I asked him if he was in the “Class of 2006” and he responded “Yes sir, I am.” We thought it would be fun to try and guess who this kid was. There had to be at least 400 names on the shirt so we thought it would definitely chew up some time. He agreed to let us guess his name so I started skimming over the massive list of names and stopped at the first guy name that caught my eye. more »
