I Choose My Wife!!!

Sarah and I had a “Get-a-way” Weekend over Labor Day and it was amazing! We totally needed it. And so did our church! For the last 5 1/2 years, we have always made sure to keep our prioirities in the right order in our home & ministry. Ministry can be all-consuming and too many ministry…

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Emotion is the Superhighway to meaning – Conversational Marketing – Part 5

So we’re rolling now… the book is, “Beyond Buzz,” by Lois Kelly. Here’s what she says in chapter 2: “Emotions strongly influence whether a person will believe or take action.” Wow. Did you catch that? Emotions strongly influence whether a person will BELIEVE…” We have to move people on an emotional level in our church…

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Why Conversational Marketing Matters to Churches – Part 3

If you’re just joining the party, you might want to back up and catch the first 2 installments of the Conversational Marketing conversation we’ve been having. We’re disecting a book called, “Beyond Buzz,” by Lois Kelly, and I’m unpacking what I think it’s got to do with the world of NLC, church, and church planting,…

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Conversational Marketing – Part 2

Yesterday we began a series of blog-entries about Conversational Marketing based on insights I’m grabbing a hold of in a book called, “Beyond Buzz,” by Lois Kelly. I think this stuff has everything to do with Church, Church Planting, and the business you find yourself in as well. I’ll start trying to add some questions…

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Conversational Marketing – Part 1

I just started reading a book called, “Beyond Buzz,” by Lois Kelly. I’m 2 chapters in and I have to tell you, it’s got some great content. I want to spend the next several blog-entries to share some of those insights, and how I think they apply to the world of NLC, Church Planting, &…

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Who are you taking the journey with?

Today is the first day of school for my kids, and several thousand other kids here in Southwest Florida. My prayer for my kids as they start this school year is the same as it has been since last year at this time. It’s a simple one, but I believe it is an absolutely, priceless…

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My Trip to Birmingham

As I write this, I am flying home from Birmingham, AL. I was apart of achurch planters’ think tank with about a dozen other guys who are on thecutting edge of what God is doing in church planting today. It was great tosit around tables until the wee hours of the morning and talk about…

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What a Great Weekend!

Hey everyone, I am so excited to blog in with you again. I had an amazing weekend! On Saturday I traveled up to Sarasota to speak at Bayside Community Church (www.baysidecommunity.org). My friend, Randy Bezet, is the Pastor. He was out of town for the weekend and asked me to fill in for him. Bayside…

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I'm Livin' It! and I'm Lovin' It!

So alot of you were trackin’ with us at the beginning of the summer when we did our “Arcade” series. We talked about living missionally in our everyday lives. Well, as many of you remember, I was pretty convicted by the whole thing… basically realizing that I wasn’t intentionally interacting with unchurched people consistently. Well,…

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