Church Planting
Just Sayin’
On the last day of each year’s Vault Conference we ask each attendee to fill out an anonymous evaluation form so we can learn new ways to make the following year’s conference better. Here are some of the comments we got on evaluations for Vault 2013: “Short, effective sessions with great info = awesome” “Really appreciated detailed…
Read MoreBetter Than Political TV Shows!
Do you ever find yourself sucked into watching those trashy political shows? There’s something weird going on in those shows that gets us all fired up and excited. It turns out that people like to have their existing beliefs confirmed by others. It feels good, and more importantly, it’s easy. It’s easy as a viewer to watch…
Read MoreHow Do You Do It?
When pastors discover that Verve reaches atheists and pimps and prostitutes and gang members and … well, you name it, the question we always get is, “How do you do it?” And the answer we tend to give is, “We do a million things right.” Meaning, there’s not a silver bullet. There’s not one thing…
Read MoreCreating Culture
In his blog, Mark Cuban recently told some of his history of owning the Dallas Mavericks (NBA basketball team) and I love what he writes about a decision he made when he first bought the team: The week I bought the Mavs I was asked by Nellie if I wanted to bag the season in…
Read MoreWacky
I love getting to be a part of Verve. It’s a daily adventure where you never know who will show up or what’s going to happen. In a strange set of examples this weekend: On Sunday our second service had just started when 24 teenagers walked in together. There was something odd about them. They…
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