Trying out a new social media strategy…
My friend Stephanie is a social media theorist and content strategist. I think. She does something fancy with I.T. (you know, “internet things”) and suggested Westwinds tweak our existing social…
Ministry is like lifeguarding
Ministry is like lifeguarding. It’s an old comparison, but an appropriate one. The recent shark attacks in North Carolina remind me that the job of the lifeguard is not to…
Productivity (or why I nap at work)
We all have times of each day when we are more (and less) productive. Typically we can divide our days into morning, afternoon, and evening, adding early morning (before work)…
capacity, part two
Realizing you’ve hit the ceiling on your ministerial effectiveness can be pretty depressing. We all have dreams of reaching thousands and thousands of people for Jesus. We all want to…
capacity, part one
Self-evaluation is crucial in Christian ministry. Most ministry jobs lack clear pathways to success, and most pastors struggle to provide reliable answers to basic problems like: How do you…
WHEN YOUR CHURCH GOES THROUGH TRANSITION
Anytime a church loses a pastor, there is the potential to lose ground in the areas of their expertise. But these transitions also present opportunities for the church to pull…
JARGON DOESN’T REJUVENATE
Every season of Christian ministry gets faddish. Eventually, all the conferences and resources and vocabulary that once felt fresh become stale and jargon-esque. I’ve been traveling a lot the last…
THE JOKE IS TIRED
Have you ever been in a room where somebody told a joke, and it was a bit mean, but they tried to laugh it off? Or they told a joke,…
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