I had a chance to watch The Summit live, but many people didn’t have that opportunity.  So, Lifeway has made the video available for you to watch.  And, just like the conference, this video is FREE.
I blogged the event, including highlights from the entire week while the small group experts were in Nashville, at Rick [...]

The Tennessee Titans missed the playoffs (thereby breaking my heart) again this year for a number of reasons.
But it wasn’t because of the coach, Jeff Fisher.
Or the running back, Chris Johnson.
Or the CB, Cortland Finnegan.
Or the stadium.
Or the fans.
Or ESPN.
Or 104.5 The Zone.
Or Vince Young.
None of the above were reasons that the Titans missed the [...]

Two days ago (see post HERE), I made a “sexy” statement:
Small groups are dead.
But, like I said, I don’t believe it.  I believe that small groups are alive and well in many churches in America and throughout the world.
Are small groups dead?  I don’t think so.
I believe that some small groups are dead…and [...]

Small groups are dead.
There.  I said it.  Now I’m cool.
In vogue right now is the idea that small groups are dead.  They don’t work.  They never really did.  They don’t help anybody grow.  They’re boring, lifeless, and out of step with the culture.  They’re not missional.  They’re not disciple-producing.  And the church needs to move [...]

Don’t think long and hard about this.  Just give me your gut reaction.
What word(s) or phrase pops into your head when you think “small group?”
It could be good, bad, beautiful, ugly, off-base, off-color, or off-putting.  I just want to know what people think about when the word “small group” comes up.

Looking back over my life, I can count a couple of people that I invested in, and saw spiritual growth growth.  But it’s very few of those people who I can say, in return, invested in me.
Brent Moore and I have been friends since middle school.  Our friendship started off at the lunch table, where, [...]

Perform a Google Search for “How to Increase your Twitter Follwers” and you get plenty of websites/services to follow.
Many of these are services, where you opt in to following 10 people then auto-following everybody else back, guarantee that you’ll have 20,000 Twitter followers in 30 days.
Others give ways to buy Twitter followers.  I’m not kidding.  [...]

Is your church looking to hire a lead pastor?
Do you know of a church looking to hire one?
I’m doing some legwork for you (or them).  Here is an interview with a friend of mine, Alan Danielson.
Ever felt like God called you and equipped you to do something…yet the opportunity to express those gifts didn’t quickly [...]

I asked this question on Twitter:

I was hoping to get a list of the conferences that people I know and trust are attending.  I did.  And the list was huge.  It included men’s conferences, pastor’s conferences, conferences close by, and others far away.  Some designed to equip you to be a better leader.  Others focused [...]

I have lots of conversations with people from areas other than Tennessee (aka, God’s Country).
If they’re from further south, they think Tennessee weather is cold.
If they’re from the north, they laugh when we Tennesseans say, “It’s cold outside!”
A 50 degree day in the middle of July in Tennessee is freezing…in January, that same temperature would [...]