Coronavirus is creating the need for a lot of innovation. Here are 8 practices which can help you become more innovative right now.
Top 25 Fastest Growing Large United Methodist Churches, 2019 Edition
elcome to this year’s edition of the fastest growing large United Methodist churches. Because of the work of the General Council of Finance and Administration office of the United Methodist … Read More
What Are Some Secrets of High Functioning Teams?
Teams are far from a new concept by now, but few teams function well, and fewer still are what I’d label as “high functioning teams.” What elevates a group of individuals that work for a common goal to a team that is able to do great things?
Is Technology Part of the Kingdom of God? | Greater Things, Part 3 of 6
If our machines now have knowledge that we’ll never understand, does that make them worthy of our worship? Apparently one robotics engineer thinks so. This introduces a question worth consideration. What are the theological implications of modern technology? In other words, should we have a theology of technology?
Top 25 Fastest Growing Large United Methodist Churches, 2018 Edition
Growth churches are the result of ministries focused on changing hearts, lives and communities. These top 25 fastest growing, large United Methodist Churches tell stories of changing the world and building God’s kingdom.
A (Working) Theology of Creativity | Greater Things, Part 1 of 6
This first entry in a six-part series summarizes a theology of creativity that I have been working out over the past few years.
Church Creative Arts and Communications Problems? Take This Quiz
What does your church creative arts and communications ministry look like? To improve your situation, discover what’s going on.
15 Quotes and the Handout from my WFX Keynote on Technology and the Future of the Church
A summary of my keynote on the future of technology and ministry from WFX 2017 in Dallas, Texas, with quotes, links to posts, and the handout in PDF.
Struggling with change resistance? Use this vision toolkit
If you are trying to create a specific future – a growing company, a healthy church, a community of people – then you assuredly face opposition. In their book Illuminate, Nancy Duarte and Patti Sanche outline why this is and how story can you help move forward.
4 Reasons We Stop Creating
There are four reasons we stop creating. All four are based on a desire for comfort. In each case, we retreat from the work, and tell ourselves we’ll get to it again. But the reality is we avoid it.
4 Reasons We Stop Creating
There are four reasons we stop creating. All four are based on a desire for comfort. In each case, we retreat from the work, and tell ourselves we’ll get to it again. But the reality is we avoid it.
Living Life by Work and Leisure is All Wrong
Leisure is a lie. It doesn’t last. Defining life by work and leisure are poles set in place by a broken world. Life is actually built around making and resting.