Articles for Topic: Communication

5 Reasons We Play the Blame Game… but rarely win

From Psychology Today By Susan Krauss Whitbourne You left the stove on too long and now your meal is burned. On your way out the door, your cat escaped outside, and now you will be late. While walking down the street, you slip on some fallen leaves. When misfortunes...

Transparency in the Local Church – Should We Care?

From Christian Media Magazine By Portia Simelane Transparency can be defined as being non pretentious and it is the ability to see through something with nothing hidden. Being transparent as a local church is one of the virtues that the 21st century church leadership...

The Church Does Not Exist to Entertain Us – Or Bore Us

From Christianity Today By Karl Vaters Jesus never bored people with the gospel. But entertainment was never the point. Truth was the point. And truth is never boring. I don’t go to church to be entertained. I also don’t go to church to be bored. I go to...

Why your Church needs a Social Media Director

From Christian Media Magazine Social media – it’s what everyone is doing these days. More importantly, it’s where everyone is. Even churches are on social media. Church social media doesn’t have to be any different from regular social media – and in fact, it shouldn’t...

Living into a Both-And World

From Congregational Consulting Group By John Wimberly Time and time again in congregations, I encounter either-or thinking. People want to focus either on church growth or mission to the world; maintain the building or give the staff much needed pay increases; focus...