Here are my closing words from last week’s post: “Next Tuesday I’ll share a real life example of two organizations (that you may know well). One dealt with the squiggly things and moved onto greatness; the other set the rock back down and died a slow, painful death.” (To read last week’s post in its entirety, entitled "Dealing With the Squiggly Things", click RIGHT HERE!)
Alright, here we go! (And please make note that Jim Collins and his team conducted the research on these two...
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In my last post, dated Aug. 17th, I talked about how biblical marketing focuses on equipping your champions to be your ministry, as Paul did with his followers in Corinth. As we look to market our cause to others, we want to disciple these champions to be “living brochures”, which are much more impactful than printed ones.
So, what exactly is a “living brochure” and how do you create them? A living brochure is the transformation brought about by your cause personified in one of...
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Recently I heard about a book titled Transforming Together by Ele Parrott. Ele’s book is about mentoring and helping people grow spiritually in all aspects of their lives. In the first chapter of her book she tells a story about her friend Sandra who was going through a crisis. She listened and when she felt it was time to share she asked her friend this question. “Sandra, do you want a quick fix, or do you desire to be transformed by Jesus?”
The human nature in many of us would probably...
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My husband, an avid sports fan, subscribes to the sports magazine, Sports Illustrated (SI). He and our 11 year old son, Brent, absolutely devour the weekly articles and photos. Somehow, they are able to revel in sports conversation for hours, day after day.
Our mainstream culture, as you know, glorifies college and professional athletes. It is ironic given that the lifestyle and off-field antics that many of these men model are woefully undeserving of attention, let alone emulation...
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What I love about my job is getting to see Transformational Giving in action and seeing the great impact it has on both ministry leaders and champions! I've been doing a series on lapsed champions and will be wrapping it up by sharing with you how this played out for several ministries over the past few months. (You can read up on this series by checking out my past posts -- just click on my name under "Authors.")Here was the task for the ministries who came to the Lapsed Champion...
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