August 20, 2009

Do Your Leaders Have Motion Sickness?

From Bill Donahue

The closest I ever got to a POW camp experience was three-a-day practices in 95-degree heat and 90% humidity at a New Jersey football camp in 1974. Read more...

August 17, 2009

Sermon-Based Small Groups

From Greg Bowman

I still remember the day I realized for the first time what it felt like to be a member – not staff – in a church. I was in my twenties, in my first ministry, and was preparing a message for the weekend. In a moment mixed with clarity, surrender and frustration, I realized the futility of saying anything at all that Sunday. I could have given the message of a lifetime and it would have made no difference.Why? Read more...

July 30, 2009

Real Transformation for Real People

From Greg Bowman

When Mindy Caliguire first suggested him as a speaker, my immediate response was, “Who is David Johnson?” Seriously. I had never heard of him.

Part of that is my fault for not walking in some circles I should have been. But another reason I have not heard of him is that unlike many churches of their size, Church of the Open Door has not screamed from the pinnacle of their steeple their strategies, successes, or their story. Read more...

July 30, 2009

Everything you always wanted to know about spiritual formation, but were afraid to ask

From Greg Bowman

Bill Donahue, Mindy Caliguire and I are sitting in Puzzle Dust Cafe, drinking coffee, and answering dozens of questions you asked on the conference call last week! Join the conversation at www.facebook.com/grouplife !!!

July 28, 2009

Life to Life Resuscitation

From Bill Donahue

The gospel is on life support, struggling to recover from the self-inflicted wounds of individualism, reductionism and legalism. We have a warped view of self, a narrow view of sin, and a deficient view of grace. The result is a culture of Christians who believe God exists to serve them, Jesus died to fix them, and the Church was created to protect them. Read more...