For two days, I will be live blogging from the GO Georgia Conference in Atlanta, GA. Go Georgia featured a phenomenal array of both nationally recognized speakers and leading practitioners from the state of Georgia. Regardless of where you live, anyone serving in church ministry roles can gain practical information on a wide-range of ministry-oriented topics on […]
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Catalyst ’15 – 34 Leadership Quotes From Trip Lee
As a member of the Catalyst Blog Team and INJOY Stewardship Solutions, I will be bringing you live updates from the much anticipated Catalyst Conference in Atlanta, GA. The theme for this year’s conference is Awaken The Wonder. The afternoon’s first speaker was pastor, author and rapper Trip Lee. The following are 34 Leadership Quotes and Lessons from his […]
Live Blog: 2015 Leadership Summit – 34 Leadership Quotes From Brian Houston
In an effort to add value to pastors and church leaders, INJOY Stewardship Solutions has dispatched me to attend the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit. During the next three days, I will be bringing the top leadership lessons from the incredible faculty the WCA has assembled. As a special gift to everyone reading these posts, INJOY Stewardship is […]
The Coming Worship Wars: “The DJs Are Coming! The DJs Are Coming!”
I remember the worship wars of the late 90s like it was yesterday. Our church started a “contemporary service” in our gymnasium. “Shout To The Lord” was the most popular song. Four guitars, six praise singers, a drum set, keyboard, black canvas backdrop and two ficus trees were what was on stage. And when our […]
19 Leadership Quotes From Chris Tomlin On Leading Worship Well
Chris Tomlin kicked off the Lead Worship Well online conference today by giving worship leaders everywhere a proper perspective of what it means to lead people in their worship of Jesus. The following are 19 Leadership quotes from the man who is my favorite worship leader. Also, click here for a free trial of the […]
How Andy Stanley, Chris Tomlin, Louie Giglio and 6 Other Leading Worship Artists Create Engaging Worship Services—FREE Online Event
For most churches in Western culture, the sermon is the centerpiece of the worship service. In fact, in Thom Rainer’s book, Surprising Insights From the Unchurched, he states that 90% of unchurched people choose a church based on the pastor and the preaching. But the sermon is only one aspect of the worship service—what about the music? […]
6 Leadership Lessons From Chris Tomlin’s Appearance On Fox and Friends
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.comWatch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Chris Tomlin is the most influential Christian recording artist in the world today and an absolutely great leader. His recent cd Burning Lights debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts with over 4 million units sold. This is only the fourth time in Billboard’s history that […]
My 3 Churches Part 1
Any regular reader of this site knows my appreciation for NextGen (18-23 year old) leaders. What you may not know is that I also have a deep appreciation for a group called FutGen Leaders. These are the 13-17 year-old future Christian leaders. One of these individuals would be my 7th grade daughter Anna. Recently, she wrote a paper for her […]
20 Leadership Lessons All Christians Can Learn From Passion 2012
Passion is the greatest move of God in America since Promise Keepers in the mid-90s. When over 40,000 college students and high school seniors converged on the Georgia Dome the first week of January, I was one of the additional 40,000+ who sat nightly riveted as I watched the conference via streaming video. As I have pondered […]
How Great Is Our God
As I write this post, #HowGreatIsOurGod are the top trending words worldwide on Twitter. The reason for this is because of an incredible rendition of this song just delivered by Chris Tomlin and fellow artists from across the globe at the Passion 2012 Conference held in Atlanta. This sold out event has 45,000+ high school seniors […]
My Favorite 25 Leadership Posts Of 2011
This past year I published 346 separate blog posts.  With that amount of material produced, it is sometimes hard to identify your personal favorites. However, after much thought, the following is the list of My Favorite 25 Leadership Posts Of 2011. If you missed these in their initial run, I trust you will enjoy them the 2nd time around. Is […]
Why I Am Praying For These 15 Celebrities
A major priority I have as a leader, who happens to also be Christian, is to engage and serve our culture. I don’t want to remove myself from culture or be antagonistic towards it. At the same time, I don’t necessarily want to embrace all of it. But rather, I want to effectively engage it so I can […]