Saturday, April 24, 2010 @ 10:48 am by Josh Burcham

“I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, to your amazement he will show him even greater things than these. For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.” John 5:19-21

Sunday, April 18, 2010 @ 5:14 pm by Josh Burcham

I don’t care what the sport is…there is nothing better than NHL playoff hockey. It’s only the highlight, but check out the Coyotes win against the Wings.

Monday, April 12, 2010 @ 5:49 pm by Josh Burcham

“Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has had an idea! It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something about it who makes a difference.”

- Nolan Bushnell

Saturday, April 10, 2010 @ 7:21 pm by Josh Burcham

Came across these pictures on the infamous internet, completely fell in love with the style and simplicity of the design. I’m a huge fan on collaboration, not always the best at it, but I’m learning. I’m not a fan of individual offices, waste of money and resources. Everyone in one room works for me! Here is a design firm’s new office space:

That is an environment for creativity! See more pictures here.

Saturday, April 10, 2010 @ 10:33 am by Josh Burcham

Seth Godin is a man we ministry leaders can learn from. If you don’t follow his blog, you need to. The best part…his posts are short! Right to the point leadership and marketing principles. He recently posted some thoughts on the iPad launch that Apple recently had and I couldn’t pass up sharing them as a great ministry/church lesson. Here is an excerpt:

1. Don’t try to please everyone. There are countless people who don’t want one, haven’t heard of one or actively hate it. So what? (Please don’t gloss over this one just because it’s short. In fact, it’s the biggest challenge on this list).
2. Make a product worth talking about. Sounds obvious. If it’s so obvious, then why don’t the other big companies ship stuff like this? Most of them are paralyzed going to meetings where they sand off the rough edges.
3. Make it easy for people to talk about you. Steve doesn’t have a blog. He doesn’t tweet and you can’t friend him on Facebook. That’s okay. The tribe loves to talk, and the iPad gave them something to talk about.
4. Be willing to fail. Bold bets succeed–and sometimes they don’t. Is that okay with you? Launching the iPad had to be even more frightening than launching a book…
5. Don’t worry so much about conventional wisdom. The iPad is a closed system (not like the web) because so many Apple users like closed systems.

Read the rest of his points, Secrets to the Biggest Selling Launch Ever.

Friday, April 9, 2010 @ 9:14 am by Josh Burcham

What systems do you have in place? How do you move guest to fully engaged followers of Christ? What system do you have in place to gauge the the health of your church body? With Ridgepoint gearing up it seems to be all I’ve been thinking about lately.

Two system checks I wanted to pass on to you and one recommendation:

First one we call, Fill the GAP. A system to assimilate guest into fully devoted followers of Christ. Stands for Guest, Attender, Promotor. Of course the system has steps on how we fill the gaps, but that is for another post. We consider a promotor someone that Loves God and Loves People and embodies our core values. Now my recommendation: Fusion by Nelson Searcy. Practical book for for moving people from guests into your church body.

Second, we call them the 3G’s. No, it has nothing to do with the iPhone. This system check helps us get a heart beat of our church body. Giving us an insight in to what our congregation needs. Changing our sermon series, one to one and small groups to meet those needs. Think Homeland Security Warning Level. The three G’s are Good, Great and Generous. Building on themselves to check the health of our body.

Watch for more details the next couple of days of each of these system checks. And post your systems in the comments. I would love to learn from you!

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