I want this blog to focus on helping church leaders execute with excellence.  I try to focus on practical ideas, tips and tools to make the life of church leadership easier.  This week I'm diverting from my normal approach and talking about three ideas that I don't think any church...

This week we are going to be exploring three simple ways to help connect the ministry we do at church with parents at home.  At Liquid we are attempting to partner more with parents and these are a few of the small things we've done in this area. I have...

"Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal." — Vince Lombardi We have to do a better job at our church in developing leaders. This week's posts...

"The single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them." - John C Maxwell We have to do a better job at our...

"I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers." - Ralph Nader We have to do a better job at our church in developing leaders. This week's posts are more about what we could be doing better rather than what we...

Details make me smile.  This week we are looking some small details in our new website we're launching at Liquid.  I was reminded by Seth Godin last month that good user experience is important on our websites! I'd love your feedback as we roll out our new site! At the...

Our culture loves experts. "A survey of leading experts in the field indicates . . . "  We hear that sort of thing all the time. But you know and I know that experts can be wrong. I'd love to hear a time that you swerved from the pack and...

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...