You Can’t Fix in December What You Ignore in July
You know your giving numbers. What you probably don’t have is a read on whether your generosity system is working or simply running. By the time year-end tells you, you can’t change the year.
The Ten-Minute Fix for Sermon Writing Block
It’s Thursday and the cursor won’t move. You tell yourself you need a little more clarity before you start writing. That instinct is exactly what’s keeping you stuck, and the fix takes ten minutes tomorrow morning.
Who Actually Owns Your Sunday Service?
Sunday is the most complex thing your church produces, and you rebuild it every seven days. You have a leader for worship, for production, for kids, for hospitality. So why does no one actually own the whole morning?
How to Hire for the Church You’re Becoming
You had a gap, you found someone capable, and you felt the relief. Six months later the relief is gone, and you can’t quite name why. Here’s what happened: you hired for the church you have, not the church you’re becoming.
Your Team Has Learned Which Words Move You
Your team has learned which words move you. The question is whether you’ve learned what those words actually mean when they use them.
Your Church Is Growing. But Are Your People?
You worked to fill the room. You hired the right people, invested in the weekend experience, improved the teaching, and marketed to your community. Attendance climbed. Maybe it’s still climbing. And that feels good. It’s okay to say that. But something feels incomplete. You can’t quite name it, but the number on the attendance report […]
When Funding the Mission Becomes the Mission
Under enough financial pressure, something quietly shifts. Conversations that used to be about people and formation and movement begin to circle around one question: are we going to make budget?
The Second Half of the Year Isn’t a Continuation. It’s a Decision.
July is ALMOST here. That means the year is no longer ahead of you. Half of it is behind you. For some of you, the first half went well. Momentum, movement, clarity. You built something real. For others, it was survival. A long stretch of managing what was already in motion — responding, reacting, absorbing […]
Why Your Non-Givers Aren’t Giving (And What to Do About It This Month)
Resistance and waiting look identical from the stage. Most non-givers aren’t fighting you. They’re uncertain. And uncertain people don’t move when pushed.
The Difference Between a Generosity Moment and a Generosity Movement
The reason giving drops back to baseline isn’t a culture problem. It’s a design problem. And your current strategy might be the proof.
