From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Meet a Friend Monday: Brandon Grissom

by Mark on August 31, 2009

Monday is for meeting new friends.
Today I want to introduce you to Brandon Grissom. He’s on staff at Willow in Chi-town. I’ve known Brandon for around 13 years.
He is an amazing musician and writer. But he’s an even better guy. Brandon’s originally from Prague. That’s Prague, Oklahoma. He’s one of my two tallest friends. Both come out a Prague. Brian Bergman is the the other. He plays with Charlie Hall. Brian is another post.

Brandon works with Axis at Willow and was formerly the worship leader for the Jr high ministry.

Lyrically he is growing into some amazing company. There just aren’t that many worship leaders who write about the Kingdom of God. Brandon is growing into this in wonderful ways.

check out Brandon’s myspace. buy his music. You’ll not only get amazing music you will want to sing with your church, but you’ll also be supporting a genuinely great guy.

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Inside the Mind of Youth Pastors – Reviewed

August 29, 2009

A review of my first book.

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What I love about Lifechurch.tv

August 27, 2009

If you frequent this blog, you know that I have a lot of questions about leadership and video venues and such. Specifically I’ve written about Lifechurch.tv and the Lead Pastor Craig Groeschel. I don’t generally talk specifics. I rarely mention the names of the churches I consult around the country for a variety of reasons. [...]

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How much will it cost? – the wrong question

August 27, 2009

Great things often cost us something. We are often worried about this kind of thing, but how we approach issues of price in the church often hamstrings us and folds us back into past behaviors and results. When it comes to cost, we like to ask, How much does it cost?When the church needs a [...]

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Ordination in a large denomination

August 27, 2009

I have a lot of great friends going through a variety of denom’s ordination processes. There’s a lot of position papers sent to strangers in another city. so I wrote this recently as additional steps in the process. Have the headquarters staff and committee each do the following requirements. 1. Tell me a story about [...]

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Leading differently

August 26, 2009

Leaders who develop a vision by themselves and then cast it to others bore me. Not because they are boring people. most are pretty dynamic folks. They bore me because it’s the lowest form of leadership. the kind of leadership that promises what it can’t deliver. At it’s root it’s belief in the individual leader [...]

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(Un)Official Church Staff Manual Review

August 25, 2009

Adam Lehman has a brief and generous review of the new book The (un)Official Church Staff Manual: Youth Pastor Edition. Here’s the Link. Here’s a taste of what Adam said. While there is enough humorous material to make any youth worker smile… there is a deep and heavy truth laced between the quips and jokes.

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Biblical Seminary Misisonal Youth Ministry Course

August 11, 2009

Todd wrote this over at his blog about the upcoming course. We’re gonna take a very different look at the the ever-changing world of youth ministry. This is going to be a great course. email me if you have any questions. Mark@theriddlegroup.com Missional Youth Ministry? Could that be a nuance on the recent trend of [...]

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Return

August 3, 2009

I’ll return from my blogging hiatus August 26. if there’s anyone left visiting the site by then.

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