Get Your Strategy On
Kayla: I’m thinking about starting a blog.
Emily: What would you write about?
Kayla: Maybe I could write about the books I’m reading.
Jacob: If I start a blog, dad could pay me to promote his site.
Kayla: Why would he do that? No one would read your blog.
Jacob: They would after I tell all my friends.
There you go. [...]
Here’s my current desktop:
Go ahead. Psychoanalyze me. I’m guessing my desktop says a lot about who I am (or more importantly who I am not).
If you dare, post your desktop and link back here. If I like you and I find space for you in my life (smile), I may post some desktops of my [...]
“Tony Morgan has a way of sneaking up next to you, smiling, smacking you up-side the head, and then getting you to thank him for it. The boy is good.”
Patrick, that may be one of the best compliments I’ve ever received. For that, I declare this a “Happy Patrick Callahan Day.”
And, to honor you on [...]
Just want to thank everyone who participated in my very unscientific blog readership survey. I had over 350 responses. By the way, the Google form worked like a charm. It automatically takes form submissions and populates a spreadsheet.
Based on the folks that responded, here’s what I learned or confirmed:
98% attend church 2 or more times [...]
My apologies to everyone who participated in the Metro-Rednexual Contest. I’ve been delayed in compiling the results. After reviewing all the submissions, I’ve arrived at the following top 10 list. Without further delay:
You might be a metro-rednexual if…
You have a gun rack in the back of your Audi.
You have highlights in your mullet.
You have matching [...]
In case you missed them, here are the posts that generated the most traffic last month in order of popularity:
25 Web Apps That Make Life Easier
Greenville Campus will Launch July 13
Hybels Affirms Commitment to Seeker Church Movement
New Mug Shot
Killing Cockroaches Cover Comps
“Metro-Rednexual” Contest
7 Reasons Why the Church Needs Artists
“We Stand” on Video
Closing the Back Door [...]
Marshall Shelley, the editor of the Leadership journal, apologized yesterday on the Out of Ur blog for misrepresenting the results of Willow Creek Community Church’s Reveal study. Bill Hybels, Willow’s senior pastor, referenced an Out of Ur post in a recent video. The Out of Ur post from last October was titled “Willow Creek Repents?” [...]
The other day my schedule was so packed that I only had time to run across the street to the gas station convenience store to grab lunch before my next meeting. That led to a very random conversation over on Twitter.
Ken thought that sounded like something from Jeff Foxworthy.
I agreed and suggested that, after [...]
Yes, thanks to the photography talents of Will Rodes, I have a new mug shot on my site. Do I care what you think of it? No. My wife likes it, and that’s pretty much all that matters.
Think you might want Will to take your picture? He might. Get in touch with him and offer [...]
Tony Morgan is a pastor and the Chief Strategic Officer at NewSpring Church where he develops creative solutions for communications, technology and NewSpring Ministries--the church's ministry that equips other church leaders.
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