Archive for the ‘Philosophy’ Category

philosophy Article
March 29, 2007

Remarkable

I was watching a talk delivered by Seth Godin at Google, and he said something that was profoundly self evident. “[Remarkable] doesn’t mean beautiful or ideal or perfect. It only means ...

Read More

philosophy Article
March 6, 2007

End of the Series on Innovative Churches

Today we’ve officially wrapped up our series on Innovative Churches, featuring the Squidoo-powered and user-submitted list of innovative churches (currently at 65 churches) and our own Brad Abare’s responses to ...

Read More

philosophy Article
March 6, 2007

Innovative Churches: Measures & the Future

Part 10 in a series on Innovative Churches. Be sure to contribute to the Most Innovative Churches list. How will we know if innovation is working? How should we measure the ...

Read More

philosophy Article
March 5, 2007

Presentation Matters

Relevant has an interesting online article on The Commercial Church. It argues for pretty much the opposite of what we say here, but I always find these articles interesting and ...

Read More

philosophy Article
February 27, 2007

Innovative Churches: Does Size Matter?

Part 9 in a series on Innovative Churches. Be sure to contribute to the Most Innovative Churches list. Does size matter? What about smaller churches and those with limited financial resources? ...

Read More

philosophy Article
February 22, 2007

Innovative Churches: Community

Part 8 in a series on Innovative Churches. Be sure to contribute to the Most Innovative Churches list. How are innovative churches trying to engage and impact their communities outside the ...

Read More

philosophy Article
February 19, 2007

Churches Should Not Just Do What Works

Last week Kevin wrote an entry about something Craig Groeschel of LifeChurch.tv said regarding sticking to what works. While I appreciate the intentionality of getting rid of unnecessary activity, there ...

Read More

evangelism-outreach Article
February 13, 2007

Church Marketing Lessons from PETA

So today I stumbled across this little pornographic video from PETA and blogged about it on my personal site. Don’t worry, I’m linking to my blog post and not the ...

Read More

philosophy Article
February 9, 2007

Don’t Cause Unnecessary Offense

Yesterday I tried to talk about some ways to avoid and address criticism and in the end I was debating with myself about whether or not we should care about ...

Read More

philosophy Article
February 7, 2007

Innovative Churches: Leadership & the Next Generation

Part 6 in a series on Innovative Churches. Be sure to contribute to the Most Innovative Churches list. How can leaders help create a culture of innovation? Leadership can help create a ...

Read More

church-business Article
February 5, 2007

Visitors, Beer and Sex–Oh My!

Yet again the links have piled up around me faster than I can blog them, so it’s time to blow the dam and just let you have them. Here we ...

Read More

philosophy Article
January 31, 2007

Innovative Churches: Obstacles & Dangers

Part 5 in a series on Innovative Churches. Be sure to contribute to the Most Innovative Churches list. Here are more of the Q&As from the Outreach/Tony Morgan questionnaire: What are the ...

Read More

philosophy Article
January 26, 2007

Innovative Churches: Opportunities & Influence

Part 4 in a series on Innovative Churches. Be sure to contribute to the Most Innovative Churches list. Here’s the continuing Q&As from the Outreach/Tony Morgan questionnaire: What’s happening outside the church ...

Read More

philosophy Article
January 24, 2007

Innovative Churches: Ingredients

Part 3 in a series on Innovative Churches. Be sure to contribute to the Most Innovative Churches list. Here’s the next Q&A from the Outreach/Tony Morgan questionnaire: What does innovation look like ...

Read More

philosophy Article
January 22, 2007

Innovative Churches: Definition & Is It Biblical?

Part 2 in a series on Innovative Churches. Be sure to contribute to the Most Innovative Churches list. As a part of Outreach‘s Most Innovative Churches list, I answered a questionnaire ...

Read More