My friend, David Gould, is a pastor in Nashville, TN, but he also hosts The Good Morning Show from 7-8 am(CST) on 760 AM The Gospel. I’m his Tech Talk guest on Tuesdays, but last week he allowed me to share about some amazing things God is doing at Oakway United.
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The Tweetable Mission Statement
How do you create a Tweetable Mission Statement?
What does that even mean? I’ve been working on some life planning for myself, my family, and my church. This past weekend I had the opportunity to share some thoughts on forming good habits with some ministerial students from Southern Wesleyan University. One of the habits was to create a life mission statement to [Read more…] about The Tweetable Mission Statement
The Day After a Christian Conference
Today I went to the Newspring Leadership Conference in Anderson, SC. I love Christian Conferences and the people you meet there. I’ve lost count of how many I’ve been to. At every single one of them there was a life challenging nugget or a word from the Lord which is good because that’s why we go to those things. There are tears of joy, [Read more…] about The Day After a Christian Conference
The 8 People You Meet at Christian Conferences
I meet a lot of people at Christian Conferences. Today, I am attending the Newspring Leadership Conference (#nlc) in Anderson, SC at Newspring Church. I’ve been to all of them so far(this is year 3) and the speaker lineup includes Matt Chandler, Steven Furtick, Criag Groeschel, James McDonald, Perry Noble, Judah Smith, Andy Stanley, Judah Smith, and Jud Wilhite. The first 2 years were challenging and life changing and I will miss Mark Driscoll this year. I have been to a conference at Willow Creek before and that was incredible, but mostly I’ve stuck with local and denominational events. Our district has a yearly retreat that is required for full-time pastors and it is always refreshing. In 17 years of attending conferences, here are a few [Read more…] about The 8 People You Meet at Christian Conferences
4 Reasons Every Pastor Should Blog
I’m a big believer in blogging. Blogging has given me a great outlet at times in my life when I needed to clear my head. It’s also helped me understand and follow God’s next steps for my life. There are lots of great blogs out there and many of them are by pastors. Here are 4 reasons every pastor should blog.
1. Blogging is a great way to communicate your church’s vision beyond Sundays.
Perry Noble does a great job of writing a “letter” to his [Read more…] about 4 Reasons Every Pastor Should Blog
Why and How I Use Twitter
I was not an early adopter of twitter. However, soon I was running multiple accounts as I launched the Chase Your Lion blog. I’ve tried to be very intentional with my social media strategy. A year after joining I posted my thoughts on the 5 groups you see on twitter. The past few months has been about simplifying my online presence by merging my blogs and phasing out some twitter accounts. I’d like to answer the why, how, and [Read more…] about Why and How I Use Twitter