by admin | Jul 9, 2014 | Church, Creative, Creativity, encourage, inspiration, Leadership
Scott Biersack’s motivational chalkboard lettering Creativity is all about courage. The courage to stand alone, when nobody else is there.
- Brenda Johima We start with an idea. Usually it’s not a good idea – it’s just an idea. Ideas start conversations...
by admin | Jul 2, 2014 | Church, Creative, Leadership
It is not easy to keep people engaged and especially hard when they are not being given compensation for their efforts. So how do we build environments where volunteers want to stay engaged for the long haul? We all have volunteers we want to keep around and on our...
by admin | Jun 25, 2014 | Church, inspiration, Leadership
(photo cred) There is a major difference between a mile marker and a finish line. Some people recognize mile markers for what they are, great chances to identify progress and know where you are in the race. Unfortunately some people see mile markers as finish lines....
by admin | Jun 24, 2014 | Church, Church Programming, Creative, Creativity
The end. When it comes to programming a service we tend to work really hard to find a tidy little bow that we can use to bring each week to a conclusion. Culturally, we love pretty little bows. I like them as well. We like the idea that God is going to help with our...
by admin | Jun 20, 2014 | Church, Church Programming, Communication, Creative, Creativity, encourage, inspiration, Leadership
About 6 weeks ago I was having a conversation with the team I work on at Cross Point. We were grinding and developing plans for upcoming series and artwork. During our talk we discovered that we had slipped into the habit of playing it safe so I challenged all of us...
by admin | Jun 12, 2014 | Church, Church Programming, Communication, Creative, Creativity, encourage, inspiration, Leadership
Talent is potential that has not yet been developed. Talent alone is not all that special. Everyone has some. The question is what are we going to do with it? When we take talent, allow it to be developed, then add passion & hustle, we distance ourselves from the...