Top 100

There’s a magazine that just came out with their annual “The Top 100 Largest Churches In America” edition. I don’t know how I feel about that, but regardless, here’s what I propose and what would interest me: “The Top 100 Churches With Amazing Stories.” Like have every church in America submit stories of people who…

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Interviewed for Innovative

I was interviewed last week for The Innovative Church Podcast. Got to share a little of my story, some of the how we do what we do at Verve, and some of the why we do how we do what we do at Verve, and one of my favorite stories so far from here at…

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Learning From Restaurants

If you’re a pastor, or are in charge of anything, see what you can learn from two of the most iconic and popular restaurants in America: Chez Panisse is Berkeley, California (which many consider responsible for creating “California cuisine” and changing the entire restaurant culture of America) offers only one meal a day and never,…

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Were

Just had an idea for a message series, and I’m gonna give it out for free to those of you who do message series… I’m studying through the book of Ephesians and there are like five passages that have a “formerly you…” “but now you…” contrast, distinguishing life before Christ and life with Christ. They…

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Transparency, Reputation & Guts Trump Slickness

Great post from Seth Godin that so totally applies to churches: For a long time, the best way to tell if something was professional, high grade and worth a premium was by judging the slickness of the production values. The Bourne Identity cost more to make than The Toxic Avenger. John Grisham’s latest novel was…

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