by stevecuss | Jul 21, 2015 | Leadership
I think our marketing budgets and production budgets have too many zeros on the end of them. Here is what I mean: A couple of times per year I receive a large box in the mail from a national church leader conference. The box contains several posters to hang in the...
by stevecuss | Dec 12, 2013 | Church Culture, Leadership
This post is inspired by the always great Geoff Surratt and his blog post here There are 5 days between Christmas Eve and Sunday 29th, which is to say that most pastors will be planning 3 different worship gatherings in an 8 day period. Sunday Dec 22, Tues Dec...
by stevecuss | Nov 27, 2013 | Church Culture, Leadership, Theology
Unity between churches is challenging and time consuming but is also at the center of Jesus’ prayer in John 17. As a general rule of thumb, if Jesus prayed for it, we want to be part of it. Collaboration between churches is exciting and powerful, but if...
by stevecuss | May 30, 2012 | Leadership, Theology
If we want to understand spiritual growth, we need to study stuff that God makes, not the stuff that Steve Jobs made, no offense to Steve Jobs. We need to study agriculture, not human inventions. The more we are removed from the way we process food, the less we...
by stevecuss | Nov 16, 2011 | Leadership, Uncategorized
Last Thursday afternoon/Friday morning I snuck down to the “Multiply Conference” in Colorado Springs hosted by Vanguard Church. I’d not heard of Vanguard, or Multiply before, but when I saw that Larry Osborne was the keynote speaker, I wanted to go....
by stevecuss | Nov 4, 2011 | Leadership
I’d like to meet Jon Acuff one day. He’s hilarious, succinct and profound. That’s some pretty rare air he’s sucking down, juggling those three gifts. Here is a recent blog post from Jon, I’m copying it verbatim. Hope you enjoy: The...
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