Evangelism at Work through the Interview...
A few years ago I considered ways that Christians could evangelize even in a secular workplace.  One of the ways I thought this could be done is through interviewing and/or promotion situations.  (This idea came years ago when I started Sano Bioscience International an executive recruiting...
The Web and the increase of Recycled Ser...
The Internet is changing the landscape of preaching.  Congregants now have access to thousands of preachers and many preachers feel the pressure of comparison against the best and brightest.  How are some of these pastors responding?  By using the same material from the most popular of...
Hollywood: Turning the Christian Faith i...
I'm sure many of you have received the email: Sylvester Stallone (as in, "Rocky") cordially invites you, as a leader in the faith and family community, to JOIN HIM ON THE PHONE LIVE…Sly would like to take some time to talk to you about the faith and values that run through the Rocky...
Church Planting Wisdom...
Derek Brown (Harmony Blog) started a new series: Church Planting Wisdom.  Several church planters have already shared some of their thoughts on planting churches (eg. Michael Foster, Bruce Chant, Kevin Cawley)  Here is my addition: Church Planting Wisdom - From Drew Goodmanson.
Sermon Zeitgeist...
One of the cool things about Sermon Cloud is it gives you a sort of sermon zeitgeist.  Because Sermon Cloud is fairly new, it has taken a bit to find out what people are preaching on and who are the popular preachers.  Here are some tidbits: 1) Donald Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz, has...
Ministry Design: Greeting as Hospitality...
Last month I transitioned from many of my responsibilities, such as overseeing our deacon development (which has entered a more mature season, we've installed 3 new deacons and have 3 more identified this year) into thinking through the process people go through from the time they visit the church,...
Preparing Him for the Other Woman...
Any mom's read my blog? Read Preparing Him for the Other Woman review by my wife over at Misguided Saint.  Summary: In her book, Preparing Him for the Other Woman, Sheri Rose Shepherd uses scripture to encourage mothers in their journey to raise this next generation of men. Shepherd emphasizes...
Acts 29 Europe...
This year the Acts 29 Network has formed an international board to begin building the Acts 29 Network throughout the world.  Mark Moore (Pastor of Providence Community and who made his first blog comment EVER on this site ) will head up A29 Europe.  Read more about the announcement and how...
Getting Things Done (Summary) & Rea...
Getting Things Done is a giant method of how to be productive and efficient, without being stressed out.  The goal is 1) to get all of the stuff you need to do and remember out of your head and into an external system that you can rely on, so your head isn’t trying to always do the remembering...
This Beautiful Mess: Practicing the Pres...
Rick McKinley's new book is out, This Beautiful Mess: Practicing the Presence of the Kingdom of God. Description: The kingdom of God has already broken into this world, but it is not yet fully here. Therefore, as kingdom dwellers, Christians live in tension: groaning from the brokenness of this world,...
Goodmanson.com - 500th Post...
Welcome to Goodmanson.com .  If you are new(er) here, I began this blog in July of 2004 and today I've posted for the 500th time.  I got out my calculator and discovered that over these 825 days, I've made a post every 1.65 days.  Over the years I've posted a lot on church...
Church Marketing Sucks...
I hope you have already heard of Church Marketing Sucks. Over the last two weeks, I've had the chance to sit down with the Church Marketing Sucks guys (Brad & Kevin) a couple times. Brad (founder) and Kevin (chief blogger) have a passion for helping the church communicate 'the greatest story...
the Neighborhood...
Our home was the 'crack house' in the neigbhorhood.  It was in 2003 we moved in to our home after it went through probate.  The neighborhood was full of children, all the streets ended in cul-de-sac so often the kids would be running around outside, playing football and other games. ...