Last week, I announced a contest where I was giving away 4 copies of Shannon O'Dell's book, Transforming Church in Rural America. The first two winners are both Wesleyan pastors. Josh Rhone pastors Mt. Union Wesleyan Church in Pennsylvania ...
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Transforming People and the Church and Win a Free Book!
I just finished Shannon O'Dell's book, Transforming Church in Rural America. There are two things I love about this book. First, he includes links to videos where you can actually see the churches and places he is talking about and secondly, he removes a lot of the excuses for why rural churches aren't ...
Review of “Ageless Faith”
I received a review copy of "Ageless Faith", one of Wesleyan Publishing House's March releases. The authors are father and son, Dr. Keith and David Drury. This book is "A Conversation Between Generations About Church" and covers topics such as women in leadership, denominational leadership, race, conversion, worship, alcohol, and ordained ministry. This ...
Breaking the Sabbath-Part 3
Eric Ebbinghaus and I have been having this back and forth conversation about the Sabbath. He's currently doing a youth series on the topic and I'm starting one in April. In previous posts(1 and 2), I've discussed the "rest side" of the issue, but now I want to look at the ...
Forgotten 5 Signs You Picked the Wrong Career
Disclaimer: Many people feel trapped in jobs and careers they don't love because of their financial obligations. We have so much debt that we have left ourselves little career flexibility. Sometimes, laziness on our part is the biggest hindrance in our job. This list is meant as motivation to do something to ...
New This Week and What’s the difference?
Our youth group is starting a 7 week series tonight called "What's the difference?" We are going to be looking at various world religions and the differences between them and Christianity(hint: it's Jesus). The goal is not for them to know more about other religions but to know what and why they believe better. Here ...
Marriage and Relationship Resources
My wife, Karen, and I are speaking at a Valentine's banquet tonight at a local church. We are sharing our personal story of God's healing and blessing. It is exciting and humbling to receive an opportunity like this. It will be good to see some old friends there as well. With that in mind, here ...
Speed Reading 2.0
If you're going to grow as a person and a leader then reading great books should be an essential part of your growth. I have recently started reading with a new method that I wanted to share with you. There were 2 things I wanted to accomplish with this method. 1. Read faster 2. ...
Leadership Journal’s Best of 2009
Wondering what books to read next? Leadership Journal polled more than 100 Pastors and Leaders to come up with their list of the best books in two categories: The Leader's Outer Life and the Leader's Inner Life. Here they are:
More than a High-Teen resources
Our Sunday night youth Bible study is now going through Charlie Alcock's book, More Than a High. The goal of this book is to move people from the emotional high of a youth camp, convention, or mission trip to the daily process of becoming more like Jesus. Charlie teaches Youth Ministry at ...