This week we are talking about stuff that I really have no idea about. I'm hopeing to learn from you . . . join the conversation. Over the Christmas holidays we ended up in a McDonald's.  I noticed something slightly odd that I don't think I've noticed in the past...

Today's post is going to be part of series called "Stuff I have no idea about".  It's really a collection of questions and concerns that I have for church leadership stuff that I don't have any answers . . . just questions.  I would love your thoughts and input. Did...

This week we've been talking about about small is better. What about money in small churches? There is a better sense of where the money is being spent in small churches.  As people committed to the church there aren't a lot of places for weird line items to hide.  You...

Church is better small . . . right?  That's what we're talking about this week. Thanks for the folks joining in the conversation through the comments! I hope I'm not stepping on a landmine here.  But the worship "activity" that seem to be stressed as the most important in the...

This week we're talking about why small churches are better than big churches. Small churches don't have security guards in flack jackets at kids check in. We do.  Seriously . . . you should see the vests our security guards are sporting for 2010.  They look like the latest in...

Most of my working years have been in churches that consider themselves large . . . at least large in the context that they serve. Not large in a “we're buying a sports stadium” sort of way but large enough to be rare amongst our closest neighbor churches. I am...

90% of first time guests decide against staying at your church - this should be a concern for us. Before we move onto some tactics that we working on around Liquid . . . first we need to figure how deep the hole is. Do you know how many visitors...

Most churches have a pretty significant dirty secret that they don't like talking about . . . For every 10 new people that arrive at church . . . 9 of them don't "stick". Is that true at your church?  Do you know what that number looks like? I'd be...

Tension: 1) The act or process of stretching something tight. 2) The interplay of conflicting elements. Some bad news for church leadership wonks out there: church is not cool. Really. We try to play it all cool because we know that "sells" in our culture.  We're concerned about stage presence...

Tension: 1) The act or process of stretching something tight. 2) The interplay of conflicting elements. “Realize that change is here, and embrace it. Don't just try to survive. Take the challenge to thrive.” - Melanie Sojourner “Keep focused on the substantive issues. To make a decision means having to...