BEATS: CONVERSATION, LEADERSHIP, AND ORATORY (OH YEAH, AND DRUMS, TOO)
The most prevalent means of coaching new fiction writers on dialogue is to talk about beats. When I first heard the term I was confused. I imagined “beats” referred to…
we’re not irrelevant anymore
I was speaking with my friend Carl Medearis the other day about the fact that the church is no longer irrelevant [Carl runs Simply Jesus, is the author of…
4 kinds of authority
Steve Stroope, pastor of Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall, Texas, has been very helpful in my ministerial career, especially pertaining to issues of leadership, structure, and strategy. One of the…
101 things to say before the offering (11)
We live in a world of instant gratification. We’re frustrated when we have to wait. When we manage to go to the gym, we’re confused as to why we don’t…
101 things to say before the offering (10)
Our world is not the way God intended. It has been deeply scarred by neglect, abuse, and disdain. We have the ability to heal our world and reinstate God’s…
101 things to say before the offering (9)
God wants us to be generous and to allow his generosity to flow through us. That’s why he blesses us, so we can experience the joy of passing on those…
From the pastor’s prayers to the people’s playground: An overview of how we plan our teaching at Westwinds (Part Five)
The final step in this process is thinking both about a response and a reflection. A response is something we do now, during the service, and we want to put…
From the pastor’s prayers to the people’s playground: An overview of how we plan our teaching at Westwinds (Part Four)
Once we figure out our indoor aesthetic, we start to think about what’s going to happen in the community—attention-grabbers and interactives that invite the neighborhood into the conversation. An artistic…
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