Category: Good News

  • Good News in the Neighborhood curriculum now available!

    Early this morning I finished final edits and uploaded the final version of my latest project: Good News in the Neighborhood, a curriculum for groups. (Check out the trailer in the sidebar to the right) I’m very proud of how it turned out. As I think back to the original brainstorms and ideas for this…

  • Good News curriculum video shoot

    Yesterday, Jon and I spent the vast majority of our day shooting the 6 fictional stories that go along with each lesson in our forthcoming Good News in the Neighborhood curriculum. Seeing some of the big picture pieces come together in this project has been amazing. Doing the video segments actually brought new life into…

  • Is anybody out there?

    Yesterday Walt Mueller posted this video on his blog, it’s a lot to chew on. I hadn’t seen it but I’m glad I have. As youth workers, it’s both heart-breaking and knowledge we share that too many teenagers feel this way. My reflections It looked like a mature town… so lots and lots of churches.…

  • It’s Here! Good News in the Neighborhood Curriculum

    Big news! Jon Huckins and I have been working on this curriculum for youth groups and young adults for several months. I’m excited to tell you that it’ll be out on April 2nd, 2012. Woohoo! If you buy it before it comes out… you’ll get it on April 2nd AND you’ll save $15. Here’s the…

  • Good News Spreads FAST

    I sit in a funny place sometimes. Meeting with a church leader or talking to a passive Christian, they will tell me that they are too busy or too engrained to change. As if reaching 10% or less of their community isn’t an emergency? Like, I don’t care what your theological position is on hell.…

  • Hard wired for Good News

    Have you ever wondered how you could grow your church?  What if I could tell you a way to grow your church and your churches impact in the community? Here’s how. It’s mostly free. And it’s totally doable. Guaranteed to not backfire.  Be Good News to your neighbors. Not start a Good News program. Not…

  • Bottlenecks

    A bottleneck is a phenomenon where the performance or capacity of an entire system is limited by a single or limited number of components or resources. The term bottleneck is taken from the ‘assets are water’ metaphor. As water is poured out of a bottle, the rate of outflow is limited by the width of the conduit…

  • The Power of Today

    As I sit here this morning, looking out of my window onto my street, I have a single thought: Today is powerful.  One single day could change everything. No, there’s nothing significant about this Thursday. I mean that every day is powerful. And you have one shot to get today right. Each day I have…

  • 5 Ways to Be Good News in Your Neighborhood on Halloween

    5 Ways to Be Good News in Your Neighborhood on Halloween

    Christians have a weird history with celebrating Halloween. Not growing up in the church I was appalled when I heard church people refer to it as “Devil’s night” and say things like, “Of course we don’t celebrate Halloween.” It’s as if we’re talking about two different holidays. There’s the one that actually happens and the…

  • An example of Good News to a public school

    A while ago I wrote a blog post called, 10 Ways Your Church can be Good News to Public Schools. Here’s one church doing just that. Amazing. Check out more like it at 20/20 Vision for schools. Imagine what could happen if your church got together and said, “How could we be Good News to…