I’m traveling to Alabama tomorrow to speak at a fundraiser for a church camp they want to build. I’d like to share with you the story I’m going to begin my talk with, because it will help you understand why this is so important to me, and why it’s so important for all of us [...]

I just finished listening to a very entertaining audio book called Meme.  It’s based on the study of how ideas spread, and tells the story from the viewpoint of the idea itself.  I won’t spoil it, but we follow this idea’s progress from germination to widespread consideration. It’s an interesting story that indicates the huge [...]

Time magazine’s current cover story is on the “The State of the American Woman.”  In their words, “A new poll shows why they are more powerful – but less happy.” At first glance, it would seem that the feminist revolution was successful.  According to Time, “In 1972 only 7% of students playing high school sports [...]

Based on numbers through the end of the third quarter of 2009, the Magazine Publishers of America announced that 227 of the 249 magazines they track lost ad revenue this year compared to last year.  Of the only 22 magazines that were doing better than last year, 5 of them are published by Meredith Corporation.  [...]

The Barna Group released research yesterday that could indicate the death of Christianity within 20 years if some issues aren’t addressed. To be specific: 90% of those 45 and older consider the Bible a sacred text 81% of those 26 to 44 consider it sacred 67% of those 25 and younger believe so Even more [...]

A LifeWay Research study revealed that 34% of Americans (including a whopping 47% of African Americans and 44% of Americans with graduate school educations and 41% of females) said they would visit a church with an active ministry to the poor. In fact, an active ministry to the poor was more like to draw people [...]

I finished my column for the November issue of The Inside Track this morning and once again thought my followers here should get a sneak excerpt.  Those of you who are Church Volunteer Central members will receive the full article in the issue delivered to your inboxes on 11/1.

We had numerous great teachers at the LifeServe conference last week. I did an entry here shortly after John Ortberg’s session, but another part of his session bears repeating.  He was talking about spiritual development and the fact that there isn’t one right path for everyone.  For example, there were many cheers from the crowd [...]

I’m definitely not the gloom and doom type. My compatriots at Church Volunteer Central can attest to the fact that I don’t like how much we talk about background checks–though I concede their importance. The point is, I try stay positive and I don’t like negative thoughts. Just look through my earlier posts and you’ll [...]

Forbes magazine recently interviewed several self-made billionaires on the lessons they had learned along the way.  One of them, R.J. Kirk, was asked about the biggest blunder he had ever made, and what he had learned from it.  Kirk said: I have on a couple of occasions permitted continued investment in a small company after [...]