Leading Ideas E-Newsletter

• Moving Faith to a New Location NOVEMBER 23, 2005

• Ministry as Leadership AUGUST 27, 2008

• Helping Our Children Become Worshipful Givers NOVEMBER 7, 2007

• Overcoming Motion Sickness DECEMBER 14, 2011
• Christmas Giving for Christ OCTOBER 12, 2011
• Casting a Vision JULY 6, 2011
• A God Corrected Vision FEBRUARY 3, 2010
• Spiritual Hardening of the Arteries SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
• A Spiritual Recovery MARCH 4, 2009
• Helping Our Children Become Worshipful Givers NOVEMBER 7, 2007

• Ask Bigger Questions NOVEMBER 30, 2011
• The Culture Isn't Killing the Church. Our Grief Is. AUGUST 17, 2011
• Four Things I Learned About Marketing (and Life) from My Dad JULY 20, 2011
• Top 10 Learnings about Welcoming Newcomers MARCH 15, 2011

• Your Money Autobiography SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
• Some Questions to Use for Your Money Autobiography SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

• Travelers' Christmas Eve Service OCTOBER 27, 2010

• Monitoring Key Indicators of Congregational Health JANUARY 5, 2011
• Clergy Health – A Mixed Portrait APRIL 29, 2009
• Is Your Church History a Static or Dynamic Force? SEPTEMBER 26, 2007

• Building Healthy Conflict Practices into Membership Vows AUGUST 17, 2005

• Paperless Giving MARCH 16, 2010
• Opening Doors on Christmas Eve OCTOBER 27, 2010
• Reintroducing the Language of Sacrifice OCTOBER 7, 2009

• A United Methodist Pastor Reflects on the Benefits of Longer Appointments FEBRUARY 14, 2007

• Key Competencies for a Missional Congregation SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
• Review of Five Practices of Fruitful Living SEPTEMBER 1, 2010
• Leaders Need Holy Friendships APRIL 14, 2010
• Helping a Congregation Connect to Mission JULY 22, 2009
• Your Church's Creation Story MARCH 4, 2009
• Review of Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations JULY 18, 2007
• Plentiful Harvest NOVEMBER 9, 2009
• Moving Established Congregations through Change APRIL 13, 2005

• From Where Did All These Young Adults Come? MAY 11, 2011

• Turning Church Spectators into Active Participants JANUARY 18, 2012

• Ten Misconceptions about Church Vitality and Growth NOVEMBER 10, 2010

• Do Not Enter FEBRUARY 13, 2008

• Embracing and Transforming Chaos JULY 6, 2011
• Becoming a Tribe of Remembering Encouragers NOVEMBER 4, 2009

• A Single Voice AUGUST 29, 2007

• Embracing and Transforming Chaos JULY 6, 2011
• Becoming a Tribe of Remembering Encouragers NOVEMBER 4, 2009
• Jesus Asked the Right Questions MARCH 28, 2007

• The Promise and Peril of Conflict AUGUST 4, 2010

• What about People Who Attend but Don't Join? FEBRUARY 2, 2011

• Measuring Church Numerical Growth Is Not as Easy as It Seems JANUARY 31, 2007

• Avoiding Lay Ministry Burnout DECEMBER 15, 2010
• Why I Believe in the Next Generation FEBRUARY 4, 2009
• Why We are Losing Ground with Young Adults MARCH 26, 2008

• Do Endowments Help or Hurt? MARCH 30, 2011
• What Report is First on Your Church Council Agenda? MAY 26, 2010
• Yours for the Asking MARCH 3, 2010
• Is Your Church the Best Place to Give? NOVEMBER 18, 2009

• Congregations Nurturing Future Leaders DECEMBER 12, 2007

• Introducing a Congregation to Contemporary Worship NOVEMBER 7, 2007

• Book reivew: Generation Rising: A Future with Hope for the United Methodist Church MAY 11, 2011
• Key Questions When Starting a Live Stream of Worship Online NOVEMBER 18, 2009

• Motivating Generous Giving SEPTEMBER 13, 2006

• What Leaders Need to Know about the Emerging Church DECEMBER 20, 2006
• Learning to See and Listen to Younger Adults DECEMBER 20, 2006

• Tell Me About a Time DECEMBER 2, 2009

• Ways to Welcome Worship Guests Warmly AUGUST 18 2010
• Preparing to Receive a New Pastor APRIL 28, 2010
• Ways to Improve Attendance of Current Members JANUARY 6, 2010

• The Appropriate Use of Email in Church Leadership SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

• Leading in a Wounded Church OCTOBER 24, 2007

• Building a Healthy Multi-Ethnic Church DECEMBER 3, 2008

• Focusing Your Congregational Communication JUNE 23 2010
• Multicultural Fluency and the Discipline of Dialogue FEBRUARY 17, 2010

• Addressing Diversity in Congregations JULY 21, 2010
• Focusing Your Congregational Communication JUNE 23, 2010
• Book Review - Outliers: The Story of Success FEBRUARY 18, 2009

• Moving Beyond Geographic Boundaries AUGUST 5, 2009

• Choosing Church . . . or Soccer, or Work, or Family Time OCTOBER 13, 2010

• Cultivating a Consequential Faith in Adolescents JANUARY 19, 2011

• All Things New JUNE 10, 2009

• Lessons for Clergy Preparing to Leave a Congregation AUGUST 25, 2007

• Jesus as Transformational Leader JULY 2, 2008

• A Generation of Tinkerers AUGUST 27, 2008

• What's Your Leadership Game? APRIL 14, 2010
• Communication Strategies for Addressing Conflict in Congregations NOVEMBER 5, 2008

• Developing a Strategy for Your Congregation OCTOBER 12, 2005
• Leading Worship for Those Not There Yet OCTOBER 12, 2005
• Good Leadership is Essential OCTOBER 12, 2005

• Serving Our Young Adults FEBRUARY 13, 2008

• Deliberate Outreach Strategy Leads to Growth MAY 7, 2008

• What Does a Pastor Do? MARCH 30, 2011

• Focus on Priorities and Results JANUARY 30, 2008

Hamilton, Adam

• Should Your Church Change the Worship Time for the Super Bowl? APRIL 11, 2007
• Leadership Lessons from a Dairy Queen OCTOBER 25, 2006
• A Leading Ideas Interview with Adam Hamilton SEPTEMBER 28, 2005
• Leading Beyond the Walls OCTOBER 20, 2004

• It Takes Teamwork MARCH 27, 2007

• Mature Disciples Supporting New Givers AUGUST 31, 2011
• Palms in the Park on Palm Sunday MAY 13, 2009

• Reflections on Fruitful Leadership JULY 19, 2006

• The Coach Approach to Ministry AUGUST 19, 2009
• What to Expect from a Coach AUGUST 19, 2009

• Principles for Sound Staff Evaluation NOVEMBER 10, 2010
• Should a Church Staff Member Report to a Committee? JULY 21, 2010

• Passing the Mantle: Crisis or Opportunity? OCTOBER 8, 2006

• Eat this Bread, Drink the Cup: Lessons Learned When Communion Practices were Changed MAY 24, 2006

• Evidence of Fruitfulness NOVEMBER 19, 2008

• The Church and Race Relations – Then and Now (1968-2008) January 21, 2009
• The Welcome Table January 21, 2009

• Church Birthing Churches NOVEMBER 23, 2005
• Important Lessons My Congregation Helped Me Learn OCTOBER 26, 2005

• Expanding Your Prayer Ministry through Twitter NOVEMBER 9, 2011
• Using Facebook Appropriately as a Ministry Tool JULY 20, 2011

• From Fund-raising to Stewardship JUNE 22, 2011

• From Fund-raising to Stewardship JUNE 22, 2011

• A Win-Win Worship Debate MAY 25, 2011

• Do Not Enter FEBRUARY 13, 2008

• Why I Go to Church DECEMBER 15, 2010

• Put Your Money Where You Want Your Heart to Be MARCH 18, 2009

• Creating Leadership Accountable Systems JUNE 20, 2007

• Helping the World See the Church in a Different Way FEBRUARY 2, 2011
• The Spirituality of Leadership FEBRUARY 16, 2011

• Make Space for Mistakes AUGUST 13, 2008
• Leadership as Playful Creative Adventure JULY 30 2008

• Megachurches as Resources for Learning JANUARY 2, 2008

• Basketball Coaching and Leadership MARCH 2, 2005

• By Any Means Necessary APRIL 23, 2008

• Your Website is Your Church's Welcome Mat JANUARY 4, 2012

• Being a Stewardship Leader Requires Clarity SEPTEMBER 28, 2010
• Know Your Purpose JULY 22, 2009
• 10 Tips for Handling Complaints in Ministry MAY 23, 2007
• When Church People Swarm NOVEMBER 8, 2006
• Leaders Stay Connected JULY 5, 2006
• Knowing the Pathways of Congregational Life FEBRUARY 1, 2006

• Church Leadership Holds Much in Common with Gardening JULY 19, 2006

• Remaining Fruitful in the Midst of a Financial Reset NOVEMBER 9, 2011
• Assessing the State of Pastoral Ministry AUGUST 2, 2006
• Fruitful Leadership for a Mission Shaped Church NOVEMBER 9, 2005

• Leading with Energy, Intelligence, Imagination, and Love JANUARY 20, 2010

• A Church that Feeds Body and Soul: Helping an Older Congregation Discover the Song of their Heart MAY 10, 2006

• Fast Forwarding Your Church's Community Engagement OCTOBER 26, 2011

• Ministering to the Missing Generation NOVEMBER 28, 2007

• Embracing and Transforming Chaos JULY 6, 2011
• Becoming a Tribe of Remembering Encouragers NOVEMBER 4, 2009

• Leaders Learn the Art of Making Announcements MARCH 31, 2010

• New Books on Preaching and Money JANUARY 12, 2012
• Strengthening the Ministry of Lay Staff JUNE 8, 2011
• Book Notes: Three New Books on Effective Pastoral Ministry JUNE 8, 2011
• Review of Reframing Hope: Vital Ministry in a New Generation DECEMBER 1, 2010
• Mutual Mentoring JULY 7, 2010
• How to Make the Most of your Church Newsletter MAY 12, 2010
• New Ways of Viewing Faith and Money MARCH 3, 2010
• Making Your Church Kid and Family Friendly SEPTEMBER 9, 2009
• Review of Preaching in the Small Membership Church JULY 8, 2009
• Giving Up to Our Potential APRIL 15, 2009
• Tips for Strengthening Adult Education DECEMBER 3, 2008
• Why Young Clergy Matter APRIL 9, 2008
• Young Adults and the Future of the Church NOVEMBER 28, 2007
• Review: Stilling the Storm OCTOBER 10, 2007
• Toward a Compelling Theology of Lay Ministry AUGUST 15, 2007
• Coaching and Christian Leadership APRIL 15, 2007
• Some Resources for Coaching APRIL 15, 2007
• Review of Ultimate Responsibility: When You're in Change of Igniting a Ministry JUNE 20, 2007
• “Outside-In Thinking” Improves Church Communication NOVEMBER 22, 2006
• Focusing Your Message NOVEMBER 22, 2006
• A Healthy Youth Group AUGUST 16, 2006
• Women and Leadership: New Ways of Thinking JUNE 21, 2006
• Needs Based Evangelism by Robert Pierson APRIL 26, 2006
• Servant Leadership: Jesus and Paul FEBRUARY 6, 2006
• United by Faith & Divided by Faith DECEMBER 7, 2005
• Planting a Garden september 25, 2005
• The Gift SEPTEMBER 14, 2005
• Defining Congregational Effectiveness AUGUST 31, 2005
• Web Review - US Congregations AUGUST 31, 2005
• Making Church Matter for Youth JULY 6, 2005

• Four Doors that Lead to Faith Development AUGUST 3, 2011

• Inside the Organic Church: Learning from 12 Emerging Congregations SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

• Nursery Lessons: A Better Way of Recruiting Volunteers OCTOBER 13, 2010

• God’s Leaders Multiply, Not Maintain SEPTEMBER 13, 2006
• Prayer & Fasting Lead to a New Mission and a Mission Prayer JUNE 22, 2005

• The Transformative Power of Listening OCTOBER 22, 2008
• Backtalk! Women Leaders Changing the Church JUNE 21, 2006

• Meeting Your New First-Time Guest JANUARY 4, 2012

• Myths about Clergy Burnout and Managing Stress SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

• Christ-like Leadership for a Post-Modern World JUNE 9, 2010

• The Soul of a Small Church FEBRUARY 1, 2012
• Book Review: Renovate or Die: Ten Ways to Focus Your Church on Mission SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
• A Better Script for Small Churches MAY 26, 2010
• Book Review: Strategic Leadership for a Change JANUARY 25, 2010
• Leading the Small Membership Church MAY 27, 2009
• Who is Visiting Small Churches These Days? SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
• Book Review: The Ministry of the Missional Church JULY 16, 2008
• Book Review: What's Theology Got to Do With It? MARCH 12, 2008
• Book Review: Church on the Edge of Somewhere JANUARY 30, 2008
• Small Churches as Healthy Family Systems FEBRUARY 14, 2007

• Effective Ministry with Children MARCH 18, 2009

• Coaching New Leaders FEBRUARY 15, 2006

• Teaching Children to Tithe FEBRUARY 1, 2012
• Working Through the Stages of Grief when Cutting Your Budget DECEMBER 14, 2011
• The Ministry of Greeting is for Everyone APRIL 27, 2011
• Volunteer Expiration Dates MARCH 2, 2011

• Two-Minute Leadership MARCH 2, 2011

• Growing Generous Givers: One Congregation’s Story MAY 27, 2009

• Moving Beyond Personal Preferences into Missional Thinking JULY 8, 2009

• Authenticity in Leadership JUNE 24, 2009
• Leading a Ministry with Homeless People JUNE 24, 2009

• Getting Your Congregation’s Story Right APRIL 28, 2010

• Retirement Best Practices for Pastor and Congregation FEBRUARY 3, 2010

• Book Review - True North:Discovering Your Authentic Leadership AUGUST 1, 2007

• Discerning Clues for the Future SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

• Keeping Campus Ministry Graduates Connected to Church OCTOBER 21, 2009

• Diversity Leadership in the Church JUNE 4, 2008

• What I Learned from a Group of Unruly Youth JULY 6, 2005

• Five Practices of Fruitful Living: A Conversation with Bishop Robert Schnase SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
• Strong Youth Ministry and the Call to Ministry AUGUST 13, 2008
• A Leading Ideas Review of Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations JULY 18, 2007
• The Challenge of Fruitfulness AUGUST 16, 2006

• All the Mainline News That's Fit to Print with Lovett Weems MARCH 30, 2005

• Becoming Spiritual Leaders OCTOBER 11, 2006
• Spiritual Leaders and Vision OCTOBER 11, 2006

• Everyone Welcome? APRIL 9, 2008
• Speaking the Truth in Love to a Long Time Member FEBRUARY 27, 2008

• God's Multiplying Power AUGUST 31, 2011
• The Sunday Everything Went Wrong AUGUST 3, 2011

• Keeping Your Ministry Fresh and Creative MARCH 14, 2007
• Building Community in Churches with High Turnover FEBRUARY 15, 2006

• Friendships and Reaching New People DECEMBER 1, 2010

• The Power of Praise in Awakening Missional Identity AUGUST 18, 2009

• Moving Beyond Personal Preferences into Missional Thinking JULY 8, 2009

• Turning Church Spectators into Active Participants JANUARY 18, 2012

• Invading the Mundane: Leadership Insights from Live Earth London AUGUST 1, 2007

• Don't Go It Alone When Changing Worship FEBRUARY 17, 2010

• The Church of the Good Air AUGUST 3, 2005
• The Bon Air Hymn AUGUST 3, 2005

• Leadership and Humility, with Lovett H. Weems APRIL 26, 2006

• How Full is Your Menu? MAY 12, 2010

• First Year Priorities When Pastors Move April 13, 2011
• Loving Your Old Pastor and Falling in Love with the New Pastor April 13, 2011

• Meeting the Spiritual Needs of a Changing Community JUNE 23, 2010
• Rewarding Leadership DECEMBER 16, 2009

• Update: Will the Mainline Denominations Get It Right in 2012? JANUARY 12, 2011
• Update: Relationships are Everything DECEMBER 7, 2011
• Update: Congregational Focus NOVEMBER 2, 2011
• Christmas is Not Your Birthday OCTOBER 12, 2011
• Update: Reaching More Disciples OCTOBER 5, 2011
• Update: 2011 Clergy Age Trends Report Shows More Older and Younger Clergy SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
• Update:Challenges to Active Church Participation SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
• Update:Trends toward Diversity in Congregations AUGUST 10, 2011
• Update:Recent Research Quantifies the Nature and Scope of Lay Staff Ministry JULY 13, 2011
• Checking Your Assumptions About Church Membership and Growth JUNE 22, 2011
• Book Notes: Three New Books on Effective Pastoral Ministry JUNE 8, 2011
• Update: Reaching More Diverse People JUNE 1, 2011
• Book Notes: Three New Financial Stewardship Books MAY 25, 2011
• Update: Denominations Face Major Reset MAY 4, 2011
• Update: Mission as the Emerging Entry Point for New People APRIL 6, 2011
• Update: Families Remain Important as Their Makeup Changes MARCH 9, 2011
• Update: What About the Second Pastors in New Congregations? FEBRUARY 9, 2011
• Churches Where Youth Exhibit Highly Devoted Faith JANUARY 19, 2011
• Update: The Multisite Church Movement JANUARY 12, 2011
• Review of From Our Doorsteps: Developing a Ministry Plan That Makes Sense JANUARY 5, 2011
• Update: When Christians Get It Wrong NOVEMBER 3, 2010
• Update: The Worship Recession OCTOBER 6, 2010
• Find a Few Wise People SEPTEMBER 1, 2010
• If You Count the Money, Count the People AUGUST 18, 2010
• Update: Churches Face Changing Demographics AUGUST 11, 2010
• Review of Promise and Peril AUGUST 4, 2010
• Update: New Findings about American Congregations JUNE 16, 2010
• Update: The Four Stages of a Pastoral Transition MAY 19, 2010
• Update: Two Myths Relevant to Reaching Younger and More Diverse People APRIL 21, 2010
• Update: How Do New People See Your Church? Part II MARCH 24, 2010
• Credibility Essential for Leadership MARCH 17, 2010
• Can We Learn from Toyota? MARCH 17, 2010
• Update: How Do New People See Your Church? Part I FEBRUARY 24, 2010
• Update: The Wisdom of Ants JANUARY 21, 2010
• Planning for Attendance Seasons in the Church Year JANUARY 6, 2010
• Update: Thanks and Invitation DECEMBER 9, 2009
• Parking Lot Hospitality DECEMBER 16, 2009
• Do Our Assumptions Still Fit? DECEMBER 2, 2009
• Update: Saving Money without Sacrificing Ministry NOVEMBER 11, 2009
• Update: 2009 Clergy Age Trends Report Released OCTOBER 28, 2009
• Where Would Jesus Shop? OCTOBER 21, 2009
• Affirming and Improving Clergy Effectiveness OCTOBER 7, 2009
• Update: New Tool to Help Clergy Get Feedback SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
• The Importance of Clergy Mentoring SEPTEMBER 9, 2009
• Update: New Clergy Mentor Resources Available SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
• Update: What You Told Us About Your Summer Worship JULY 29, 2009
• Helping Families Cope during Pastoral Transitions JUNE 10, 2009
• Staying Attuned to Your Community MAY 13, 2009
• Congregational Integrity APRIL 29, 2009
• Latino/a Ministry in the United States APRIL 1, 2009
• Is Denominational Loyalty Waning? FEBRUARY 18, 2009
• Learning from the Mistakes of New Church Starts: A Review of Ten Most Common Mistakes Made by Church Starts NOVEMBER 5, 2008
• Who Are Leaders? OCTOBER 8, 2008
• Two Views of Vision SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
• Leadership and Spirituality JULY 16, 2008
• It's in the Mind JULY 2, 2008
• Living in Paradox- The Life of American Clergy JUNE 18, 2008
• Pastoral Transitions - Leaving Well MAY 21, 2008
• Pastoral Transitions - Preparing the Way for Your Successor MAY 21, 2008
• What Might Other Churches Learn from the Southern Baptist Membership Loss? MAY 7, 2008
• Why Young Clergy Matter APRIL 9, 2008
• Changing Religious Traditions: Not New But Accelerating MARCH 12, 2008
• We Need More Young Families with Children AUGUST 29, 2007
• Four Key Challenges in Pastoral Transitions JUNE 6, 2007
• Can White Mainline Churches Outside the South Reach New Christians? MAY 9, 2007
• The Tully Principal of 52 Equal Sunday APRIL 11, 2007
• Leading Between Memory and Vision FEBRUARY 28, 2007
• Review of Good To Great by Jim Collins FEBRUARY 28, 2007
• It’s Not about the Numbers…Actually It Is About the Numbers JANUARY 17, 2007
• Leadership and the Small Membership Church DECEMBER 6, 2006
• Deal with People NOVEMBER 8, 2006
• Doing Things Well OCTOBER 25, 2006
• A Short Step to Excellence AUGUST 30, 2006
• Lead Now Leadership Vignette, AUGUST 30, 2006
• No Solitary Leaders AUGUST 2, 2006
• Leaders Make Others Heroes JULY 5, 2006
• Pitfalls to Avoid in Reaching a Younger Constituency MAY 24, 2006
• “Who is the Greatest?” The Perennially Wrong Leadership Question MAY 10, 2006
• Leadership and Humility, with Susan Sonnenday Vogel APRIL 26, 2006
• A Better Preacher in Thirty Seconds APRIL 12, 2006
• Leaders Know Themselves APRIL 12, 2006
• The Young Clergy Dilemma in Mainline Denominations MARCH 29, 2006
• From Faithful Ministry to Fruitful Leadership MARCH 1, 2006
• Leadership Lessons from Peter F. Drucker JANUARY 4, 2006
• Book Review: Peter Drucker’s Books JANUARY 4, 2006
• Leadership and Racism DECEMBER 7, 2005
• Leader as Communicator OCTOBER 26, 2005
• Leadership for Giving SEPTEMBER 14, 2005
• Ten Leadership Lessons from Nehemiah AUGUST 17, 2005
• Accountability without Control JULY 20, 2005
• Sources of Authority for Pastoral Leadership JUNE 8, 2005
• Transformation of Small Membership Churches MAY 25, 2005
• Four Questions for Congregational Leaders MAY 11, 2005
• When Good Practices are No Longer Good Enough APRIL 27, 2005
• All the Mainline News That's Fit to Print, with David Schoeni MARCH 30, 2005
• Opening Up the Small Membership Church MARCH 16, 2005
• A Simple Planning Process FEBRUARY 16, 2005
• Leadership for Worship FEBRUARY 2, 2005
• Demographics and Leadership JANUARY 19, 2005
• Stages of Leadership JANUARY 5, 2005
• I Hope They Will Know I Believed in Them DECEMBER 15, 2004
• Reviving Old St. Patrick's Church DECEMBER 1, 2004
• Points of Vulnerability NOVEMBER 17, 2004
• Which Comes First - Belief or Belonging? NOVEMBER 3, 2004
• Predictors of Youth Returning to Church as Adults OCTOBER 20, 2004

• Paying Attention to Those Who Give and Those Who Don't SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

• Fruitful Ministry Includes Harvesting NOVEMBER 19, 2008

• Helping Youth Discern God’s Call FEBRUARY 4, 2009

• Taking Time to Refocus NOVEMBER 30, 2011
• Taking Note of Leadership Lessons OCTOBER 26, 2011

• Leaders Stay Young JULY 7, 2010

• Faith and the Use of Church Money FEBRUARY 16, 2011

• Book Review: Leadership from the Inside Out by Wesley Granberg-Michaelson MAY 9, 2007

• Reasons Why People Give MARCH 31, 2010

• A Two-Point Charge Launches a Satellite Contemporary Worship Service SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

• Resources for Satellite Worship SEPTEMBER 27, 2006
• Book Review: The Multi-Site Church Revolution DECEMBER 12, 2007

• Leadership Multiplication and the Way of Jesus Christ JUNE 7, 2006
• Leading in the Wilderness: Thoughts on 21^st Century Pastoral Identity MARCH 15, 2006