Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category

Seth Godin and the Lizard Brain
June 8, 2010

Seth Godin and the Lizard Brain

There's nothing like reading a book about getting off your duff, especially when it's written by someone who appears to have no problem doing just that. Seth Godin's latest book, ...

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Church in the Making by Ben Arment
May 19, 2010

Church in the Making by Ben Arment

This book drips with the essence of author Ben Arment, as it is a culmination of instruction, coaching and encouragement for the aspiring church planter. Ben takes his experience and ...

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May 13, 2010

The Divine Commodity

The Divine Commodity is not for wimps. If you choose to read the latest literary offering by the managing editor of the Leadership Journal, know that you'll most ...

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April 13, 2010

Reworking Church Marketing

There’s a book that recently created a ripple in both the business world and the church world. You may have heard of it… it’s called Rework, by Jason Fried ...

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February 22, 2010

Primal: A Quest for the Lost Soul of Christianity by Mark Batterson

The premise of Washington, D.C., pastor Mark Batterson’s latest book is the greatest commandment found in Mark 12:30, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all ...

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December 14, 2009

What Matters Now: Free eBook

Marketing guru Seth Godin offers yet another free ebook, What Matters Now. But it’s not all Seth. It features 70 other smart folks giving quick, 200-word riffs answering the question ...

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October 21, 2009

Deadly Viper Character Assassins

Editor’s Note: Due to an on-going controversy over culturally insensitive themes in the book’s design, the publisher of this book, Zondervan, has issued an apology and pulled the book from ...

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October 15, 2009

Donald Miller’s Million Miles

I think Donald Miller has finally written a book to compete with the attention from his last hit, Blue Like Jazz. I realize he has written other books since, but ...

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September 28, 2009

Lord, Save Us From Your Followers

This weekend, my wife and I ventured out to the Portland screening of Lord, Save Us From Your Followers after some high praises from our own Brad Abare and friend ...

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August 24, 2009

A Multi-Site Church Road Trip

by Danette Griffith, Guest Blogger A Multi-Site Church Road Trip is for leaders in the church who read A Multi-Site Church Revolution and thought, “Wow, this could be us.” This follow-up ...

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June 26, 2009

Hands-On Advice From Servolution

Having reviewed Dino Rizzo’s book Servolution, it’s clear that there are a number of lessons for church marketers that can be drawn from it’s pages. I just want to highlight ...

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June 25, 2009

Servolution: Starting a Church Revolution Through Serving

Dino Rizzo’s Servolution does two things: First, it tells the story of Healing Place Church (HPC) in Louisiana, and how in 1993, armed with a $400 check, Rizzo and his wife ...

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June 5, 2009

Less Clutter, Less Noise: Beyond Bulletins, Brochures and Bake Sales

As soon as I read the title, I knew that this was a book I needed to read. Kem Meyer, communication director at Granger Community Church, gives practical and simple ...

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May 28, 2009

Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

Maybe Tribes is the book that all of us involved in church marketing have been looking for, the book that acknowledges that we are trying to do more than just ...

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April 15, 2009

Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith by Shane Hipps

How’s this for fitting? I read Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith by Shane Hipps on a plane to Ethiopia when I’d be all but disconnected from the technology ...

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