“ok” describes my experience with this book. It is a good read – but not great. There are a lot of other great books (here, here, or here) on the topic of “vision” that say what Aubrey Malphurs says in a less antiquated way. Antiquated? Yes…outdated. Old. On the verge of irrelevant. In fact, there…
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Book Review: Church Unique by Will Mancini
I first mentioned Church Unique when I posted about it on my facebook page and have been chomping at the bit to share a review of it. Well, I’ve finally found a day off to share with you some insight. For the most part I really learned a lot from this book. It challenges a…
Book Review: You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church and Rethinking Faith
DISCLAIMER: If you are a follower of Christ- who is already going to heaven – and talk about changing the traditions which define the methods of the “church” (lower case “c” on purpose) irritates you, you’ll definitively not appreciate this book…just sayin’ 🙂 …we must be honest enough with ourselves to determine where our allegiance…
Book Review: Simple Church by Rainer and Geiger
“Many of our churches have become cluttered. So cluttered that people have a difficult time encountering the simple and powerful message of Christ. So cluttered that many people are busy doing church instead of being the church.” When I read “Simple Church” it was both a breath of fresh air and a heavy blow at…
Book Review: How to Start a New Service by Charles Arn
This book found itself on my desk today because of changes that are happening in the fall at Maple Grove Free Church. Because of the growth that we are seeing in our church we are running out of room and are in need of implementing a new service. So this fall we are planning to…
“Not so Famous” quotes
“You can’t be late and expect to get taco bell!” When I was about 15 years old I got shoved into the position of leading worship for my church’s youth group by (at that time) the “new” youth pastor. I learned a lot of things about ministry and leadership at that time, but one of…