by admin | Feb 12, 2018 | Church, Church Programming, Creative, Graphic Design, Leadership
Easter is in 48 days (as of Mon, FEB 12)! Now that you have picked yourself up off of the floor, are you ready? We all live in the tension of series planning, special events, and the need to get things done. Sometimes, even significant weekends that have been on the...
by admin | Jan 7, 2015 | Church, Church Programming, Worship
If you have not had someone come up to you and ask you to turn down the PA system at your church at least once you are either running it at 45DB or have only been on the job for 2 Sundays. We all hear it and often times wonder what in the world people are talking...
by admin | Nov 11, 2014 | Church, Church Programming, Communication, Creative, Creativity, encourage, Leadership
We all know the importance of the ten commandments – the golden rule for how we’re supposed to live our lives. But what about a golden rule for our creativity? My friend and Blogger Andrew Zahn developed a less sanctimonious list than Moses, but it’s a list that can...
by admin | Oct 3, 2014 | Church, Church Programming, Communication, Creative, Creativity, encourage, inspiration, Leadership
There is a book in the bible, Joshua, and chapter 1 verse 9 has become an ethos for me. It revolves around having courage and the opposite of courage is fear. I hate fear. Fear intimidates and tries its best to impose itself on creative people. Fear does this...
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...