Category: Church

Design Thinking: Who Is Your End User?

I started ministry in new church development. While most people think you should actually know what you’re doing to start a new church, there were times I think it helped I didn’t know my hindquarters from a hole in the ground. I had the advantage of knowing I didn’t know much. While not a total…
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Design Thinking: Not Giving Up Empathy on the Sabbath

Recently, I’ve been taking a class on Design Thinking. I kind of missed it, but in the last few decades design thinking became a “big deal.” Design thinking powers Apple and Google, the largest companies in the world in terms of market value. The Wall Street Journal designated Stanford’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, known…
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All’s well that ends well- especially with sermons…

How much time do you spend on your sermon endings? You might want to give your endings a bit more attention… A few years ago in a fairly short period of time my wife broke her leg in three places and I broke two of my fingers on my left hand. (Did I mention I’m…
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