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It seemed I had tried it all! From dropping thousands of eggs from a helicopter to sending out what seemed like millions of postcards, but our church was not getting the “results” that everyone else had gotten. I hired coaches and mentors who told me “how” to plant the church. I did everything by the book, but the results were minimal in comparison to what everyone else was “getting”. Was there something wrong with me? Was I really called? Is this really what God wanted me to do, start a church from scratch?

Well, that title says it all. You can fill in any words you want for the characters that will no doubt appear anytime you have to make this decision. Wait. Isn’t this a church planting blog? Well yes, and some of you will leave churches to plant or leave plants to do it all over [...]

Somebody here needs to be reminded that there are some things that only God can do.   At times that can seem scary, but mostly it is comforting to remember who is really in charge. This morning I was reading from Matthew 20:29-34…about the two blind men whom Jesus healed as he left Jericho, en route [...]

Did you happen to see the video by Jefferson Behke entitled “Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus” on YouTube? It depicts Behke rhyming about the purity of Jesus and the hypocrisy of the church. It argues that Jesus preached love, but religion is rigid, phony, and stale. He insists: “Religion puts you in bondage, [...]

A few weeks ago I had the unique experience of chatting with Green Bay Packers’ head coach Mike McCarthy, in his home.  Long story, but I was given an on-field pass before the Packers/Broncos game, watched the victory with the coach’s family in their luxury skybox, then went to the house after the game.   (I [...]

Last month I introduced you to coaching, with the first of two key acronymns:  WAIT.  If you want to learn about WAIT, see this blog post:  Coaching Quickstart – Part 1.  This month I’m giving you the second acronym:  GROW.  I learned this from John Whitmore’s Coaching for Performance.  GROW is a template—a coaching guide—to [...]

We naturally gravitate toward what is familiar.  Once we find a place to sit, we’ll sit there every time.  Once we find a favorite dish, we’ll stop trying new things on the menu.  Once we get into a routine, it’s next to impossible to get out of it. As the old adage put it: you can’t [...]