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Family

Personal Update: The Wilsons are Moving Home to Texas

A personal update on the Wilson family’s decision to return to Texas and for Len to take a position at St Andrew United Methodist Church in Plano.

Essential advice for my children: Life Quote #4

If I died tomorrow and could leave my children one piece of advice about growing up, this would be it.

The Key To Avoid Making Bad Decisions

The time of day we make a decision has great impact on the decision we make.

10 Ways to Simplify Your Life

Ten ways to create discipline, order and peace, for those who yearn for less complexity and simpler living.

A Mother’s Day Video Present

I love all of the wonderful moms in my family! This was a present from afar for this year, as I sit in TN alone – a little memory from this Easter’s Easter Egg Hunt.

How Creativity is an Act of Devotion

Do you feel God’s presence while engaging in creativity? Consider the ways in which being creative evokes devotion.

A pastor I was working with once told me, “Christians shouldn’t be melancholy.” I did not agree with his statement but could not articulate a response. Last night, as I flew away from my family once again, I figured out why.

5 Things on Marriage

Here are five observations on what Jonathan Franzen once wrote is “the majesty of a long marriage,” from my journal notes over the past few months.

Len took over a fledgling media ministry at Ginghamsburg Church and developed it into a nationally recognized program of innovation and effectiveness by producing some of the most effective tools for communicating deep theological concepts in ways that informed, inspired, and entertained.

- Mike Gibbs, Missions Pastor, Ginghamsburg Church

2013-12-11T23:18:56+00:00

Len took over a fledgling media ministry at Ginghamsburg Church and developed it into a nationally recognized program of innovation and effectiveness by producing some of the most effective tools for communicating deep theological concepts in ways that informed, inspired, and entertained. - Mike Gibbs, Missions Pastor, Ginghamsburg Church

http://lenwilson.us/testimonials/gibbs/

Len is the most creative person I’ve ever been around. He makes everyone around him better.

- John Allen, Senior Pastor, Trietsch Memorial United Methodist Church, Flower Mound, Tx

2013-12-11T23:13:14+00:00

Len is the most creative person I’ve ever been around. He makes everyone around him better. - John Allen, Senior Pastor, Trietsch Memorial United Methodist Church, Flower Mound, Tx

http://lenwilson.us/testimonials/allen/

Len literally wrote the book on the development and use of engaging multimedia communications in worship.

- Steve Fridsma, architect, Grand Rapids MI

2013-12-11T23:21:04+00:00

Len literally wrote the book on the development and use of engaging multimedia communications in worship. - Steve Fridsma, architect, Grand Rapids MI

http://lenwilson.us/testimonials/fridsma/

Len’s vision for the effective use of media in worship has transformed worship experiences in numerous congregations around the country.

- Warren Pattison, Director of Adult Ministries, FUMC Lakeland, FL

2013-12-11T23:14:57+00:00

Len’s vision for the effective use of media in worship has transformed worship experiences in numerous congregations around the country. - Warren Pattison, Director of Adult Ministries, FUMC Lakeland, FL

http://lenwilson.us/testimonials/pattison/

Len possesses a rarely-seen combination of creativity and attention to detail which together make his work both strikingly original and highly correct.

- Rebecca Burgoyne, Director, Publishing Operations at United Methodist Publishing House

2013-12-11T23:14:04+00:00

Len possesses a rarely-seen combination of creativity and attention to detail which together make his work both strikingly original and highly correct. - Rebecca Burgoyne, Director, Publishing Operations at United Methodist Publishing House

http://lenwilson.us/testimonials/burgoyne/

As Senior Leadership Editor at Abingdon Press, Len brought heft and breadth to our acquisitions.

- Neil Alexander, President and Publisher, United Methodist Publishing House

2013-12-11T23:19:30+00:00

As Senior Leadership Editor at Abingdon Press, Len brought heft and breadth to our acquisitions. - Neil Alexander, President and Publisher, United Methodist Publishing House

http://lenwilson.us/testimonials/alexander/

Len is an artist and thought leader.

- Gary Molander, Author, Pastor, Owner at Floodgate Productions

2013-12-11T23:12:18+00:00

Len is an artist and thought leader. - Gary Molander, Author, Pastor, Owner at Floodgate Productions

http://lenwilson.us/testimonials/molander/

Len is a creative master.

- Grant Hagiya, Bishop, United Methodist Church

2013-12-11T23:07:31+00:00

Len is a creative master. - Grant Hagiya, Bishop, United Methodist Church

http://lenwilson.us/testimonials/hagiya/

Few authors have foreseen the future of language. Len captures not only the prophetic union of technology and worship, but the first glimpse at a new way of thinking. Without a grasp of this new language, I can not see how the church can survive. That’s how important Len’s work is.

- Thomas Hohstadt, Conductor, Fulbright Scholar

2013-12-11T23:12:52+00:00

http://lenwilson.us/testimonials/hohstadt/

Len’s writing and insights for the church go far beyond media; they extend to how we effectively communicate the Gospel to generation that has largely dismissed what the church has to say.

- Jordon Cooper, Founding member, resonate.ca

2013-12-11T23:15:47+00:00

http://lenwilson.us/testimonials/cooper/

Len's work at Midnight Oil was my first glimmer of hope that I could change how churches communicate.

- Michael Buckingham, Creative Director, Victory World Outreach and Owner, Holy Cow Creative

2013-12-11T23:20:20+00:00

Len's work at Midnight Oil was my first glimmer of hope that I could change how churches communicate. - Michael Buckingham, Creative Director, Victory World Outreach and Owner, Holy Cow Creative

http://lenwilson.us/testimonials/buckingham/

Len is a master wordsmith and communicator.

- Will Willimon, Author

2013-12-11T23:05:49+00:00

Len is a master wordsmith and communicator. - Will Willimon, Author

http://lenwilson.us/testimonials/willimon/

Personal Update: The Wilsons are Moving Home to Texas

Essential advice for my children: Life Quote #4

The Key To Avoid Making Bad Decisions

10 Ways to Simplify Your Life

A Mother’s Day Video Present

How Creativity is an Act of Devotion

Why I Like Melancholy

5 Things on Marriage

What You’re Reading

What People Are Saying

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