100 Largest Churches in America

Kent scooped us again.  For a look at the 15 largest churches in America, check out his post.   Fascinating to see the changes in a year.  In the list he also tracks their ranking in 06 and 07.

Stairway to Brand Heaven

One of the bloggers I check out regularly is David Armano over at Logic + Emotion.  Often a really good way of looking at things, maybe a little unexpected, but definitely will make you think.  Check out this diagram about the Stairway to Brand Heaven:

Interesting, don’t you think?  This is all about the way things [...]

Ed Young, Jr. Meets Joel Osteen

Some things are just too good to pass up.  Enjoy it for what it’s worth…there’s actually quite a message if you watch through to the end.  Gotta love it!

Understanding the Shift to “Free”

Chris Anderson (The Long Tail) is out with a free preview of his next book on the concept of certain kinds of things "wanting to be free."  You can read his article right here.   I referred to the idea previously in Uncopyable Values, and this is a really important concept to understand.

Basic idea?  In the [...]

Relational “Change”

Do you know what it is that makes leadership possible?  According to John Maxwell it is a matter of "change".  Not change like in "Things need to change."  More like, "Investing in you is like putting a little ‘change’ in the bank."  The more I put in, the more I’ll be able to take out.

Want [...]

America’s 50 Most Influential Churches

The Church Report is out with their 2007 America’s 50 Most Influential Churches report.  Very interesting stuff.  If you’re wondering how they came up with the list, here’s what they did:

"The 2007 survey was
emailed to leaders of more than 2,000 of the largest non-Catholic
congregations in the nation in April-June. Participants were asked to
recommend up to [...]

Snoop and Andy

I don’t know if this is real…or not, but it is an interesting picture.  It looks like Snoop is reading How Good Is Good Enough? by Andy Stanley.  I tracked the origin of the picture back to GenerationPost by Jason Berggren.  Love Jason’s question: "the real question is why is a guy with so much [...]

Pop!Tech

I’ve talked about TED several times in the last year or so.  Great source for a very eclectic cast of speakers on a wide variety of topics.  One of my readers pointed me to Pop!Tech, described as an East Coast TED.  Check it out for yourself.  I listened to a really interesting and compelling talk [...]

Top 22 Churches in America

Kent Shaffer has a great list of the top 22 churches in America over at over at Church Relevance.  I love the way he’s developed the thinking.  He took churches from 7 different lists compiled from 2004 – 2007, aggregated the results, and then made a list based on their presence on more than one [...]

The 59 Smartest Orgs Online

You may have already seen it.  There is a very interesting site that identifies the 59 smartest orgs online.  You’ve heard about Web 2.0?  This site is talking ORG 2.0.   Very interesting.  In addition to a great look at some great causes…it’s also a clear look at HOW to use the web more creatively, more [...]