My friend was depressed. In a funk. He just returned from an amazing event where he was surrounded with creative genius. Surrounded by people that understood him. The way he thought. The way he worked. But then he got home. To his church. To the mundane day to day. Lofty ideas and the buzz of…
I came to a realization my last few months working at a church. I realized I was basically unnecessary. I got scared at first, knowing I’d be leaving the church. “I hope they can find someone to do what I do.” My work had become so engrained in the culture of the church, I knew…
To get the context of this blog you’ll need to visit PastorFashion.com. Please reserve your judgment though, otherwise you’ll be walking into a blog post you won’t be happy about. I’ve been in far too many conversations about this site already. Almost all negative. The problem is, it’s not our place to criticize. Unfortunately, social…
At the Catalyst Dallas conference on Wednesday I was shooting the breeze with a great organization. I love talking strategy and brainstorming, so I was trying to help them get more response at their booth. How do we get pastors to come to the booth and use this company’s products? During the discussion I had…
This is my tell all tale of the church I used to work for. A few months ago, before I quit my job at my church, I had a serious collision with my pastor. He felt I wasn’t giving my all to the job. He was frustrated with me and that made me frustrated with…
I’ve been consumed lately with this idea that art and creativity are becoming a god for church workers. We have so many websites, conferences, books, and leaders devoted to teaching church workers how to make amazing art. How do you reach people with art. The same is true for leadership. “You must have a huge…
There’s a growing emphasis on art. It’s not a new thing. But new technology has made it possible for anyone to be a legitimate artist. Some use it as a vehicle to fame. Some use it as a vehicle expression. But Art is important to this generation. So important that Art is becoming a god…
I’m not a fan of Christian movies. And I think I finally realized why. Christian movies have the tendency to wrap up the story with a perfect little bow. They turn a horrible situation into a perfect situation. Man deals with depression over losing his wife. Man finds God and never deals with a single…
Creativity is a balancing act. Especially at a church. If a church focuses too much on creativity, they build an unhealthy culture. The church is maintained by creativity instead of enhanced by it. If the creative level drops one Sunday, people get dissatisfied. But a church that ignores creativity loses their edge. They sink into…
There are two types of churches that don’t have websites: 1. Those that are too traditional to have one… 2. Those that are too modern to have one… Isn’t that hilarious? Some churches still haven’t joined the website revolution. Some churches have already outgrown the website revolution. This is how fast culture changes…and how slowly…