The Importance of Desk Neighbors at the Office
The fact is, who you sit next to at work matters. Are they negative? Are they positive? Are they needy?
Tag: Phil Cooke
What to Do When You’re Going Faster Than Your Team
Why knowing the speed of the team is a critical requirement for success
The Importance of Communicating Well
Sometimes, you just have to be comfortable with silence. In any conversation, if you aren’t disciplined about how you communicate, the people around you get distracted, bored, and even annoyed.
Parking Lot Volunteers Set the Tone
Remember that we live in an 8 second world, and first impressions are critical. In that context, whether you have one person or a multi-person team helping in the parking lot, they’re the first contact new visitors will receive.
Resisting the Urge
Our inherent personality traits, emotional makeup, and “nature”are so strong, that as the parable states – even when it hurts us, we still can’t help it.
When Small Churches Play Dress Up
Sure your communications, media, and tech teams want to do amazing things. So they bring out the fog machines, fancy lights, and the worship leader reaches far beyond the capabilities of the choir or worship team.
Love Thy (Online) Neighbor
And I hate seeing people I know end up on the losing end of the stick when they simply brought up an honest question to someone they admired – only to get slammed for it.
Taking Shallow Christians Deeper
We need to encourage people to ask more questions.
Does it Matter if Your Sermons are Too Long — or Too Short?
While complaining over sermon length seems to have accelerated in the last few decades, the truth is, the conflict has been going on since the Reformation. Back in those days, it wasn’t unusual for a sermon to last up to 3 hours.
Speak Peace
This is the time to focus on the core message of your church. Based on the talent and gifts of the pastor, teaching, worship and other teams, what is the most essential message you should be sharing?