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Last week, I attended EXPONENTIAL.  This is the largest gathering of church planters (over 4,000!!!) where there are over 100 national speakers and 100+ workshops to inspire and share "best practices" for connecting the church to the community. In the days ahead, I'll post my notes and thoughts about my experience.  The first one is below... The first experience I had was

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Many people were affected by the destruction from last week's storms. We can do our part and help make a difference in peoples' lives by helping meet basic needs. Our church will collect the items below and send them to our sister church Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Gardendale, AL Drop off these items at Trinity Lutheran Church, Columbia TN (google map) * Hand Sanitizer * Wet Naps *

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Will Mancini's team Auxano changes everything about church vision and strategy.  The book "Church Unique", their coaching network "Co:Lab" and the willmancini.com blog are great tools to live out a stunningly unique movement-oriented church. Our church has a concise, clear and compelling vision statement as well as values, strategy and measures.  All of this was developed in a

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What if you could take 40 days and experience God working in you? Beginning next week on Ash Wednesday, our church is taking a journey to read Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (the 4 Gospels that talk about Jesus' life and ministry). Below is a bookmark you can download to track your progress. If you're in the neighborhood, join us on Wednesday nights for a meal at 6pm and meditation at 7pm about

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A World of Tweets creates a map of where people are tweeting.  The more tweets that one region sends, the redder that region becomes.  There's a 3D view, heat map visualization, clouds, satellite view and more. 

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Have you ever lost your phone and had someone call it so you could find it? But what if you didn't have anyone around to call your phone? Here's a great solution for the times when you lost your phone but you have no one around to call your phone and help get it unburied from the seat cushions... Check out www.icantfindmyphone.com.

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What would it look like to streamline your run-on to-do list? Is it possible to get more done with a shorter list? Click on this link for a simple activity to make to-do lists easier and more effective: Post-It List

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The link below is a handy resource for memorizing Scripture:Moleskin and Memorize Philippians(I was looking for a goal for the new year...looks like I found it!)

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Stumbled across this great resource! I write my sermons using Google docs.  I never have to worry about losing my work since it saves everything offline.  But I find it difficult to rearrange and move chunks of thought around. With WorkFlowy, I can add, delete, expand or collapse my thoughts and outline and rearrange my presentation with ease. And it automatically saves the work

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I love Mad Libs! They help pass the time on a long trip and create lots of laughs. I found this one...try it out! CHRISTMAS MADLIB

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Without thinking much about it, we say words that sound impressive to people who hear them when we ourselves don't really know the actual meaning to the word.  These words are called "buzzwords". Common examples of buzzwords are: * paradigm * synergy * non-reciprocity of the two natures of Christ (say that at your next Christmas party). In the church-world, we say A LOT of buzzwords in

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Check out this video to create your facebook BOOK:

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I often find myself caught in the struggle between completing tasks (ex. answering emails, phones calls, team meetings, etc.) and carving out quality time to think through big creative projects (ex. sermon writing, future planning, problem solving, etc.) Here is a great article to help wade through the overwhelming amount of work: Click here

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Curious about how many tweets are posted and where those tweets are posted? How about in real time? How about viewing that in a 3D view? Wow! Click here to check out 'A World of Tweets'

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Great insights from Seth Godin's post about Halloween. Halloween is arguably the #2 holiday behind Christmas. Seth suggests that it is becoming more popular in recent years because Halloween is filling a void; a need that people have.  And companies looking to create happiness and make a profit are rushing in to fulfill that need. What do you think that void is? Read more here My

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I know I fall into the trap thinking that the more activity I do, the more personal growth I will experience. It doesn't make sense: more activity should equal more personal satisfaction and growth. But it doesn't work that way. It's the difference between running on a treadmill and running in a race. The treadmill takes energy, but leads nowhere. The race takes focused energy and the ending

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This is an interesting post about how Christians who view their needs above the Pastor's needs are literally sucking the life out of their Pastor. Christian Consumers I think it comes down to what a congregation expects of a Pastor. A congregation needs to be honest and upfront about their expectations of their Pastor. And the Pastor needs to be upfront about his expectations of the church.

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Here is an interesting post about getting things done:If It Won't Fit On A Post-It, It Won't Fit In Your Day

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One of the most successful stories being told in our culture is the Harry Potter series. Here is a helpful tool that the author used to help to tell the story:StorytellingA more powerful story is Jesus' work in us. When you think about telling THAT story, what would it look like if you drew it out?

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In honor of Reformation Day coming up on October 31, here is a free audio resource of Martin Luther's writings. In His Own Words

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Delegation is a part of leadership.Where I find where delegation gets dicey is in one-of-two places:1. The leader is uncomfortable delegating if the other person does not perform the task in exactly the way the leader would (this is a control issue)and2. The leader doesn't not clearly communicate their expectations when they delegate a task or project.To address the first issue of control, a

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Preparing a message every week can be exhilarating and exhausting all at the same time.  Michael Hyatt at Thomas Nelson has great insights on the emotions that a public speaker goes through: STAGES OF PUBLIC SPEAKING

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Here are some great insights to improve how guests experience church:The 11 Minute Difference

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I appreciated the insights from this article - I wonder how this might apply to the church world? The Top 5 Qualities of Productive Creatives and How to Identify Them

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This takes pancake making to a whole-notha-level!Fun Pancake Art — Illusion 360 - The World's most amazing Art, Design, Technology and Video

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