Catalyst One Day: Andy Stanley on Momentum (2)
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Last night Mark Beeson and I had a great opportunity to eat dinner with the Catalyst team, including Andy Stanley and Craig Groeschel. Every time I’m around those guys—I see they are the real deal. Humble. Authentic. Guys who put their families above their ministries. I respect them both immensely. Andy began the day with a session on momentum. Some quotes… Momentum = forward motion fueled by a series of wins. In the business world, ...
Catalyst One Day: Craig Groeschel on Busting Barriers (2)
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Craig Groeschel is the senior leader at LifeChurch.tv. He blogs with others a Swerve. Quotable from Craig’s session… The longer your ministry has been stalled, the more likely you’ll have to do something drastic to break out of it. What got you to this point is not likely to get you to where God wants you to go. It requires a different mindset to grow to a new level for your organization. Whatever you blame ...
Catalyst One Day: Groeschel & Stanley Question Each Other (2)
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Andy: When I'm writing a message, I look for the part I'm really jazzed about...the part I can't wait to preach. Then I re-write it in order to make that part the central part of the message. Everything else is getting to it and getting out of it. Andy: When you are doing what God has made you to do, and spending most your time there, you have more energy for family, God, ministry, everything. ...
The Economic Crisis is Impacting the Church (1)
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We are experiencing the hardest financial times of our history as a church. And it didn’t begin with the banking crisis last month…it began with a slowdown in our local economy about two years ago. We haven’t talked much about it on the weekends. Why? For several reasons: We want to help people experience God on the weekends. We want a safe place for them to bring their unchurched friends. People are more motivated to ...
Mark Beeson on Obama (1)
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This past weekend, Mark Beeson took some time in the service to address the historic presidential election that we just went through. Many people have responded with MUCH ENERGY over his comments. It is my guess that our church reflects our society as a whole in its' voting patterns. That is, probably half voted for Obama and half voted for McCain. I applaud Mark for his leadership through this very difficult subject. He could have ...
Donald Miller on Obama, Abortion and Gay Marriage (1)
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With 8 days until the election, I start a week of political posts. Here is the first... Donald Miller is a Christian leader and author who is publicly campaigning for Obama throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania. Today I include his thoughts about Obama on the issues of gay marriage and abortion. Tomorrow I'll post a different view on the same topic.Donald Miller on Abortion: "I am a pro-life voter, but do not believe John McCain’s plan ...
Let's Define Landslide (1)
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Many are saying the election on Tuesday is going to be a landslide. It might be, I don't know. But whatever the results, let's keep it in perspective. There were two elections in the past 35 years that could definitely be described as landslides. 1972: Richard Nixon = 520 George McGovern = 17 1984: Ronald Reagan = 525 Walter Mondale = 13
Andy Stanley & Craig Groeschel...in Person At Granger (2)
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Today is the last day to get early bird pricing for Catalyst One Day in Granger on Thursday, November 20th. I'm looking forward to this conference as much as any I ever have. Both Andy Stanley and Craig Groeschel are authentic leaders, amazing communicators, and leadership giants. Sign up. Now.
Andy Stanley & Craig Groeschel...in Person At Granger (2)
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Today is the last day to get early bird pricing for Catalyst One Day in Granger on Thursday, November 20th. I'm looking forward to this conference as much as any I ever have. Both Andy Stanley and Craig Groeschel are authentic leaders, amazing communicators, and leadership giants. Sign up. Now.
Does the Media Favor a Certain Candidate? (5)
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Several weeks ago I summarized my view of media bias during this election, both to the right and the left. A new report was released yesterday by a non-partisan group that analyzes the bias of the media covering the presidential campaign during a recent 6-week period. Very interesting. Here is my summary of the report as it relates to negative stories: Based on their negative reporting... Does the media overall favor (or reject) a one ...
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Clayton B said:
I'm sure this is just part of the vast-right wing conspiracy...
A Single-Issue Voter Talks About Abortion (1)
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Today I continue my week of political posts. Yesterday I included Donald Miller's thoughts on why he's supporting Obama. Today, we look at a different view... Brett McCracken writes mainly about faith and culture, movies and such from a Christian perspective. He is the managing editor for Biola magazine, and a regular contributor for Christianity Today and Relevant magazines. I've enjoyed his blog for several months now. Here are his thoughts..."Why I Cannot Vote for ...
It's Not Up to Washington...It's Up to Us (3)
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It's been an interesting dialogue this week. My first post in this week leading up to the election was an article by Donald Miller on why he is voting for Obama. I followed it up yesterday with an article by Brett McCracken on why he is not voting for Obama. Today's article is by Cameron Strang, editor of Relevant Magazine. Enjoy...Leading The Charge by Cameron Strang Let’s get this out of the way up front: ...
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Clayton B said:
a great expression of my own feelings by a much better writer
Why a Service that is 100% video? (1)
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We are three weeks into our new service at the Elkhart campus. Week one attendance was 738. Week two 548 and yesterday we had 552. The service is held in a movie theater on two or three screens (depending on how many we need) and is 100% video...beginning to end...no live elements. Why in the world would we do that? It's a great question. And this morning I read a portion of an email from ...
Five Things Andy Stanley is Thinking About (1)
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Andy Stanley closed the last session of Catalyst talking about stuff that is on his mind... 1) To reach people no one else is reaching, we have to do things no one else is doing (Craig Groeschel) - we have 175,000 people within 10 miles of Northpoint, and we aren't reaching them. We aren't going to reach them by building another church building. We have to do something no one else is doing. Become preoccupied ...
Seth Godin on Tribes (2)
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Seth Godin has the biggest business blog in the world and has written 9 best-sellers. I joined a lunch with 25 other bloggers with Seth Godin earlier which was delightful. Then Seth spoke on the big stage to close the first day of Catalyst. Some quotes… · There is a ton of noise out there vying for our attention. · People are asking two questions… o Who else is going to be there? o Who ...
Jim Collins on Building a Great Church (3)
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Jim is the author of Good to Great and Built to Last, and spoke to the Catalyst crowd of 12,400 leaders on Thursday morning: · Not all time in life is equal. · Good is the enemy of great. · Greatness is not a function of your circumstances; or good luck; it is a function of a choice. · Within every organization or company that is great…you will find a culture of discipline. · Most ...
LeadingSmart: Follow-Up to Presidential Candidates Charitable Giving (3)
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Last week I wrote here with some energy about Senator Joe Biden's pitiful record on charitable giving. It evidently hit a nerve, as I received more comments on that post than any in several months. I mentioned at that time...
Can You Baptize Someone Over the Internet? (2)
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Is it possible for a pastor to baptize someone who is physically several hundred miles away? Evidently one pastor thinks so. Rusty Hutson, the pastor of Cornerstone Methodist Church in Auburn, Alabama was in Granger, Indiana for the Innovate Conference last week. He believed it was important to baptize Cindy Wall via the internet so she wouldn't have to wait until they returned to town. Five days later, Cindy died suddenly of an aortic aneurysm. ...
Joe Biden Ticks Me Off (3)
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Last year, Joe Biden made $320,000 in income. And yet, how much did he give to charity? He gave a whopping $995...about 1/4 of 1%. Maybe he had a bad year? Nope, it turns out that last year he gave more to charity than any of the past ten years. Joe Biden's total giving to charity over the past ten years adds up to $3,690. That is how much a tithing family making 1/3 his ...
The Obama / McCain Appearance (1)
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I hope you had a chance to watch the Saddleback Civil Forum live on Fox News on Saturday evening. It was the first time that Barack Obama and John McCain have been together publicly since running for president. Pastor Rick Warren spent one hour with each of them, separately, and asked questions on leadership, faith, and other issues of concern to Christians. I've watched it twice now, and these are some of my thoughts... It ...
