Forget ‘mistletoe and wine’ - we should rename Christmas the season of ‘sellotape & scissors’. If you’re anything like me you’ll spend a few brief moments wrapping gifts in between hours & hours locating the end of the sellotape. And…
Baristas deal in coffee beans and froth. Me? I’m a preacher. I deal in words & ideas. Words fascinate, excite and occasionally bite me. Ideas are my currency. If you’re a communicator you’re going to want your words and the…
Let’s be honest, your young adults weren’t coming every Sunday pre-pandemic, and chances are many of them have drifted off over lockdown. Us millennials have a well-earned reputation for being a little flakey - I get it! I’ve tried to…
What your church can learn from how Disney creates experiences with a 70% return rate Yes. You read that right the first time. 70% of first time guests at Disney return to experience the magic all over again. We’d all…
How is that Apple manages to create such raving fans while the church collects such fierce critics? What can we learn about growing a healthy church from 'the gospel according to Apple'? Apple values beauty & style Apple makes their…
Plagues are not new to mankind. They are just new to us. And history tells us they follow a pattern. When the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic ended, it ushered in the roaring 20’s. A hundred years ago post pandemic people…