Brandon Cox https://brandonacox.com Nonprofit Communications Consultant & Writer on the Topics of Life, Faith, and Relationships Tue, 03 Nov 2026 21:35:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://brandonacox.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-bc-Icon-1-1-1-32x32.png Brandon Cox https://brandonacox.com 32 32 2312066 Introducing the Advent & Christmas Communications Kit https://brandonacox.com/advent-christmas-communications-kit/ Tue, 03 Nov 2026 21:35:50 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/advent-christmas-communications-kit/ A whole season of church communications, Christ the King through Epiphany, planned, written, and designed for liturgical and mainline parishes. $12 for your parish.

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]]> 223931 Leading a Divided Church Through Election Week https://brandonacox.com/leading-a-divided-church-through-election-week/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:06:35 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/leading-a-divided-church-through-election-week/ Jesus isn’t a centrist, and his kingdom isn’t on our political map. How pastors can lead a divided congregation through election week.

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]]> 223928 The Website Is Where the Work Shows Up https://brandonacox.com/the-website-is-where-the-work-shows-up/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:16:31 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223818 A website is not the work. It is where the work shows up.

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]]> 223818 Everything Is Communication https://brandonacox.com/everything-is-communication-2/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:13:18 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/everything-is-communication-2/ Communication is not a department. It is how clarity travels through a church, nonprofit, or business.

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]]> 223786 If You Could Have Just One Tool https://brandonacox.com/one-tool/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:29:52 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223731 The next big shift in technology is the freedom to stop subscribing and start building tools that actually feel like you.

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]]> 223731 Church Communications Doesn’t Need More Chaos. It Needs a Calmer Center. https://brandonacox.com/church-communications-doesnt-need-more-chaos/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:08:12 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223636 Why I'm building Church Comms Dashboard out of 25+ years at the intersection of pastoral ministry, church communications, and web development.

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]]> 223636 Obsessing Over 5 Year Plans vs. Deepening Your Character https://brandonacox.com/obsessing-over-5-year-plans-deepening-character/ Thu, 21 May 2026 17:30:00 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/obsessing-over-5-year-plans-deepening-character/ Thoughtful leaders can become so future-driven that they neglect the kind of person they are becoming on the way there.

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]]> 223509 The Heart of a Lion, the Way of the Lamb https://brandonacox.com/heart-of-a-lion-way-of-the-lamb/ Thu, 14 May 2026 15:45:55 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/heart-of-a-lion-way-of-the-lamb/ The way of Jesus reveals a deeper kind of strength: courage joined to tenderness, authority joined to sacrifice, and truth joined to love.

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]]> 223367 The New Red Door of the Church https://brandonacox.com/the-new-red-door-of-the-church/ Fri, 08 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/the-new-red-door-of-the-church/ What if one of the church's front doors is digital? A reflection on communication, welcome, and why online presence can be pastoral work.

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]]> 223388 Embracing Slow https://brandonacox.com/embracing-slow/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:08:03 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223325 Slow is not a retreat from meaningful work. It is a way of resisting hurry so we can become more present to God, ourselves, and the people we lead.

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]]> 223325 Officially Announcing My New Pastoral Role https://brandonacox.com/officially-announcing-my-new-pastoral-role/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:33:35 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223327 I am officially stepping into a seasonal pastoral role with The Neighborhood Church in Bentonville, Arkansas, a season connected to sabbatical care, renewal, and hope.

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]]> 223327 You Don’t Have to Carry It All https://brandonacox.com/carry-it-all/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 02:51:31 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223256 Almost everyone I talk to is feeling the heaviness of the world right now. We’re all carrying the weight of the week’s headlines, the plight of those whose suffering is on display, and the tension of the cultural division we’re experiencing.

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]]> 223256 In Five Years’ Time https://brandonacox.com/5years/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:11:19 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223242 Superman, the strongest and most powerful creature on earth, is trapped by Lex Luthor in an inter-dimensional prison where he is weak, vulnerable, and helpless. Mr. Terrific, with Lois Lane at his side, heads to the beach to do something about the situation.

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]]> 223242 What Does It Mean to Be “Fully Committed” to God? https://brandonacox.com/fully-committed/ Sat, 03 May 2025 14:19:55 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222096 Fully committed disciples discover, more and more each day, what it is to be spiritually free. To walk in the unforced rhythms of grace and loosen their attachments to anything that prevents them from a richer experience of God’s presence.

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]]> 222096 Looking for Jesus Without Ceasing https://brandonacox.com/looking-for-jesus-without-ceasing/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:30:22 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223147 How the simple decision to keep following Jesus, despite my doubts and questions, has made all the difference.

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]]> 223147 From the Ashes of Repentance, New Life! https://brandonacox.com/from-ashes/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 12:00:53 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223090 Ash Wednesday comes around once per year in the Christian calendar as an abrupt reminder that this work of dying to self and burning the waste needs to be done regularly.

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]]> 223090 Change the World: Affirm Someone https://brandonacox.com/affirm-someone/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:00:56 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223093 We need a viral movement, not of empty flattery, but of sincerely affirming the humanity of the people we meet.

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]]> 223093 We Live in Rome https://brandonacox.com/we-live-in-rome/ Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:33:07 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223096 I've said these four words to myself often over the last three decades, and never more often than in our current predicament.

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]]> 223096 But Can You Heal My Boy? https://brandonacox.com/heal-my-boy/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:38:05 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223099 What to do about all the people around us who are in too much pain to care about the issues we're all arguing about.

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]]> 223099 Between Headlines and Hope https://brandonacox.com/headlines-hope/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:41:08 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223102 If we're going to endure, overcome, and make the world better, we're going to need to seek out deep wells of hope.

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]]> 223102 Lectio Divina: An Ancient Prayer and Bible Reading Practice https://brandonacox.com/lectio-divina-an-ancient-prayer-and-bible-reading-practice/ Mon, 13 Jan 2025 19:02:27 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=221493 I’ve found lectio divina to be one of the most beautiful and productive ways to ingest the words of the scriptures and to hear from God.

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]]> 221493 3 Signs You’re Thriving Spiritually https://brandonacox.com/3-signs-youre-thriving-spiritually/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:50:31 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223173 There has to be a better way to assess how you’re doing spiritually than going through a performance checklist.

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]]> 223173 How to Guarantee Your Own Success This Year https://brandonacox.com/guarantee-success-this-year/ Fri, 03 Jan 2025 01:08:08 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=223007 If you decide today to give your life – and by “life,” I mean your time, your attention, your resources – to making the lives of other people better, you’ll be successful.

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]]> 223007 Great Leaders Are Great Listeners https://brandonacox.com/great-leaders-are-great-listeners/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:06:30 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=221893 If you want to lead well today, go on what you know. But if you want to lead well long term, admit you don’t know it all and commit to listening and learning daily.

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]]> 221893 No Matter What, Be Stubbornly Hopeful https://brandonacox.com/stubbornly-hopeful/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:02:06 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222905 I'm convinced that our stubbornness about our hopefulness is an act of rebellion against the cultural norm of pessimism. And I think this stubbornly hopeful rebellion just might flip everything on its head and change the world.

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]]> 222905 It’s Getting Crazy (Again) for Pastors and Politics https://brandonacox.com/pastors-politics/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:24:00 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222303 Cut your spiritual leaders some slack. They’re human. They love you even when they disagree with you. And if they’re like me, they want the left and the right, the reds and blues, the liberals and conservatives ALL to show up on Sunday and come to the realization that they are wholly loved and valued by their Creator.

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]]> 222303 When Good People Get Depressed https://brandonacox.com/good-people-depressed/ Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:00:51 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=218270 It is time for the church to lead in removing the stigma of depression, creating safe places for people who struggle, and encouraging people to address depression holistically.

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]]> 218270 What Can We Do About All the Problems? We Can Keep Showing Up https://brandonacox.com/keep-showing-up/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 16:24:58 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222009 No matter what happens next in your neighborhood, nation, or world,  we'll need people who follow Jesus faithfully to show up again and again full of truth and full of grace.

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]]> 222009 Self-Criticism vs. Self-Focus vs. Self-Awareness https://brandonacox.com/self-criticism-focus-awareness/ Wed, 03 Jul 2024 19:41:28 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222837 In the middle ground, where true humility shows up, is when we have an accurate picture of who God is, who we are in the world, and how we're doing in terms of our health and wholeness. 

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]]> 222837 Welcome the Questions and Keep the Faith https://brandonacox.com/welcome-questions/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 19:57:34 +0000 https://brandonacox.com/?p=222728 If you've wrestled with big questions, you're not bad. You're not a threat to the Christian faith or the local church. You're human.

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