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catalyst west 2013 make

I’m interrupting my regularly scheduled blogging to announce that over the next two days I’ll be blogging like an absolute madman. You’ve been warned.

I’m at Catalyst West Coast blogging everything that goes down. Well, as much as I can anyways.

It’s going to be an action packed event with inspiring worship from Hillsong United, Carlos Whittaker, and rumor has it David Criwder is here! There are also going to be some incredible speakers.

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Killer Tribes 2013 Notes

The Killer Tribes conference was a whirlwind of great conversations, and even greater people connection. I had a blast, and as promised, I wanted to deliver my notes from the conference to those of you who were unable to make it.

Below you will find an outline of all the talks from Killer Tribes 2013. As I publish each part, I will update the links below.

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things I couldn't say...

For 4 years I served as a Youth Director for my local church. In that time I learned countless things about God’s word, God’s work, leadership, responsibility, servant-hood and (unfortunately) politics.

Every business or organization has it, so it’s not entirely surprising that their is a such thing as “church politics”. The sad part is that they can be more prominent and less well-intended than you might expect from God-loving people. Because of the politics, policies and certain leadership decisions, I’ve had to hold my tongue on more than a few occasions. Not anymore though.
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r12-leaders

My head is till swirling with everything from the Resurgence Conference 2012. So much wisdom, so much knowledge, so much awesome! [Grammatically incorrect for effect.]

It was quite a task to get all of my live notes posted, and is an ongoing task to put those notes into contextual and relevant summaries. So as I put all the final touches on my summaries over at ChurchMag, I wanted to create this “Table of Contents” of sorts. One place to post all the links to the individual posts from R12. This way, you don’t have so scroll through pages and pages, searching aimlessly for the ones you want to read. You can simply browse through the links below and find the links you want to read.

Simple Enough? Great! Here you go:

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blog design essentials

When someone visits your blog, you want them to be wowed. But if you don’t have the capital to pay a Web Designer, how do you make sure your blog design doesn’t keep readers from taking you seriously? I have good news, you don’t have to be a professional designer to create a visually stunning blog.

blog design essentials

Don’t get me wrong, your writing is the most important part of your blog. Creating great blog content is where it begins. And once you’ve got that part down, it’s time to work on your blogs design. If you’re not a designer this process can be frustrating, confusing, time-consuming, and after all that you can end up with something that completely works against your great blog content.

It’s time for you to learn how to make your blog look and feel like it was done by a professional.

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