This Generation Loves “Authentage” (Authentic + Vintage)
A few months ago our Cornerstone Knowledge Network (CKN) team shared the results of our landmark research effort that has had the blogosphere absolutely buzzing. If you google “the unchurched prefer...
View ArticleCould it be both/and?
The last post “This Generation Loves “Authentage” pondered this increased longing for things “authentic” and “vintage”. Marla Saunders commented on the post with two excellent questions: The First -...
View ArticleRelevant Ministry Response #1: Christ-Centered Growth
This is the first of three Relevant Ministry Responses research suggests may be critical to ministry sustainability in a “Digital Age”. The last three months we’ve pondered the “Six Underlying...
View ArticleStalled And Dissatisfied
The most influential church in America, Willow Creek, is learning a sustainable ministry requires more than a “Seeker-Sensitive” model. The next few weeks I’ll explore what Willow and other ministry...
View ArticleThe Loudest Is Weakest
“The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room.” Wow! That’s a provocative line from a marketing blog called “Brand Autopsy.” Here are some more noteworthy thoughts from them about real...
View ArticleThe Reason For God
I’ve always tried to avoid trite Christian sayings like, “Christians aren’t perfect…just forgiven” or, “Be ye fishers of men. You catch ‘em; He’ll clean ‘em.” Yet after 30 years of walking with Christ,...
View ArticleInto This New World
The progressives of today’s Church feel compelled to speak the Gospel into our current environment (and the world of our children) and are striving to adapt. The more careful members of the Church see...
View ArticleTwitterpated
Last Saturday a sobbing, middle aged lady showed up at our door. She was frightened, cold, and painfully hunched over a cane she had used to hobble the three hundred yards to our home. In the four...
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