What is the distinction between church members and ministry partners? Quality response at Guest Blog: Scott Williams from Swerve. A Deeper Meaning to the Church’s Offering – faithful and relevant response at deeply committed. Another quality guest post from Swerve, Guest Blog: Anna Meadows, around the question – How does one end a conversation tactfully? […]
Nice job, Kansas City! Top 50 Metropolitan Areas that Volunteer at Church Relevance. Beautiful witness from justwondering at ANOTHER ONE GOES UNDER! Pastor Steven Furtick writes about different modes of ministry at This is how we do it. Great images around emerging and missional terminology at A More Generous View from Emerging Grace. worship as […]
Terry Storch tells of a personal experience in which he learned – don’t be fooled by beginners luck. True words. There is a great review of the book Simple Church at deeply committed. I have seen them, but have never had the courage to try. Now, I at least know how – How to Use […]
Thanks to John the Methodist for the profile at Locusts & Honey. There were some great questions. Check it out – Methodist Blogger Profile: Andrew Conard. Do you agree or disagree with any of my responses? I would love to hear what you think.
Five Ideas for Repurposing Sunday School from Confessions of a Small-Church Pastor – great thoughts on new ways to live life as a small group. Seth Godin has a short analysis of the different roles of Letters, brochures and email. Good stuff, applicable in many different settings. deviant monk has produced an excellent video which […]
How to Describe Medical Symptoms to Your Doctor – Helpful. Tactical. Great post from wikiHow. What do you do when a crisis hits? Steven Furtick articulates three different responses in Urgency vs. Panic. There is a great deal of value to Personal Journals as well as blogs – posted at Step by Step. I was […]
This morning my use of Highrise was featured at the 37 signals Product Blog at the post – Pastor uses Highrise to keep track of interactions with his congregation. I have found Highrise to be a great tool for ministry. Thoughts of Resurrection contains my thoughts on faith, life and ministry. Feel free to browse […]
Joseph at Step by Step has great questions, suggestions and thoughts about boundaries at The Simpsons Teaching Me About Boundaries in Ministry. Dave at davepullin writes an excellent assessment of the Worship Production Process and the interaction between the creative process and the production process. Good stuff and welcome to the blogosphere. Church Communications Pro […]
As I struggle with this at times, I found How to Control Perfectionism at wikiHow to be instructive and convicting. Thanks to terrystorch.com for a link to this fascinating project – 6 billion Others. Ben Arment at History in the Making has a great, short post about church size and the real purpose for hard […]
Do some Christians want to be “hated”?, at Vintage Faith got me thinking about my own way of living out the gospel. My hope is to live in such a way that my story dissolves into and becomes an integral part of God’s story. I found a comparison of two restaurants to be surprisingly applicable […]
How can we faithfully use the latest techno-cultural developments to help make disciples of Jesus Christ? Matt addresses this question and raises others at the post – Wesley 2.0. What do I do with shoes that I no longer wear? Cool People Care provide the answer at A Box of Shoeboxes. She Really Knows the […]
One of the great values of blogging and reading blogs is that it allows one to connect with people with whom contact me never otherwise be made. I enjoy reading enjoy reading a wide variety of blogs from across the United States and around the world (thanks Google Reader). I also hope to make greater […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 