The great folks over at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association have recently made available a slew of old school Billy Graham videos.  These short filsm feature Graham preaching different messages over the years and they are well worth watching. Beyond the great preaching, it is so very interesting to watch the entire worship service included [...]

Due to the great recession, American churches are being asked to get more done with a lot less resources in hand. While we all hope for a recovery, it's clear than very little is going to change in the next few months so it's time for churches to get good at getting scrappy.

Happy New Year Everyone!  If you’re like me, every year you make some resolutions of some sort.  You may not make them public but you probably make some sort of promise to yourself about what you’re going to do different in the coming year. As a pastor, I’m sure some of your goals for this [...]

I found this 25 minute documentary to be wildly interesting.  First, it’s a behind the scenes look at how a Pixar movie is made.  Second, we get to see where John Lasseter lives. BTW, I think I want his job…and his life.  I also want an office with a secret entrance and trains in the [...]

I’m a huge fan of Seth Godin.  As a pastor (and former church planter), I’ve always found that his books really speak to me. In fact, I always recommend his books to any pastor or church planter that asks for my advice. Purple Cow is a classic book, in my opinion, that I think every [...]

In this brief video, Jeff Bezos, the founder, owner, and grand poobah of Amazon, talks about how he made a very hard decision.  Specifically, he discusses how he decided to leave his secure, established job to start Amazon.  His “regret minimization framework” is a great technique to use when facing major decisions of your own. [...]

In this great video, Steve Jobs, arguably one of the best marketers that has ever walked the planet, talks about marketing.  He discusses the impact that the core values of an organization should have on the marketing message.  He also unveils a new marketing campaign, the now legendary “Think Different” series of commercials. It’s amazing [...]

We’re big fans of Merlin Mann around here.  In this video, he talks about how to handle the email avalanche that we all face these days.  We love the content of this video AND the way it’s presented too.  Check it out.