Robin Hood Marketing Contest. Katya Andresen has graciously offered to send a free book to a reader of my blog. To thank you for reading my blog. Anyone who would like a copy of Katya’s book Robin Hood Marketing, simply comment on this post, include your name, name of the church you attend, and your […]

My son Gianni turned 3 yesterday. I think one thing that stands out to me is how much my life has changed in the past 3 years. I can’t imagine my life with out him. This is significant to me because I worked with kids in and out of church for so many years before

What is the one thing you are good at? We need to find that one thing that we do well and explore the space around us. Find out what your gift is and do it and do it with all your heart. When we don’t do what God has called us to do we rob

Had a couple more thought about Robin Hood Marketing. At the very end of her book Katya listed three sins of marketing. Wow do these ever apply to church. I know that I have been guilty of all three. The Three Sins of Marketing 1. The first sin is falsely assuming that information results in

Robin Hood Marketing: Stealing corporate Savvy to Sell Just Causes. By: Katya Andresen What a great book I loved it. I must warn you I do love marketing books. I think this book is very useful to people who are not into marketing. Why you should read this book 1. We market ourselves and our

We went as a family to our “semi-local” apple farm. We go every year. Why do we brave the elements, drive 45 min. out of my way? For the experience. They have a horse and wagon, they have a corn maze. I want my kids to have the greatest memories. There is something in me

I know the past few weeks I have put up videos that are funny. This week I wanted two put up two videos that have inspired me. Some of the first things these two videos did for me was challange me to look beyond the surface to see people not as I would see them

I came across a post on Perry Noble’s blog through one of his staff guys Tony Morgan. By the way both of them have fantastic blogs and are seeing God do amazing stuff in their church Newspring Church. They are starting a series about parenting called The perfect Kid. They have put up a website

What is more important being Original or being Effective. One of the reasons I think that we are stuck with flannelgraph Jesus is we care more about NOT copying Disney at the cost of overall effectiveness. I think for some reason we feel that to embrace any of Disney, Nickelodeon etc.. means embracing it all.

Why does preschool have to follow the same order of service as the adult worship service?     I began thinking why does the typical church preschool classroom reflect the typical worship service. The typical program looks like this. 1. Kids come into the room 2. Free Play 3. Kids are focused and sing generally