Do you know what normalization of deviation means? It’s when something is sub-par, but we decide it’s good enough. We say it’s the best we can do. After awhile that sub-par “good enough” becomes the norm. The deviation is normalized. It’s what happened to the Challenger Space Shuttle, according to Diane Vaughn. The O-ring risk was deemed to […]
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The Top 8 Posts of 2015 at PastorMentor
I love the “best of” posts that have been filling my inbox lately. Great content. Super helpful. Now, here is our best: the top 8 posts of 2015 at PastorMentor. We are praying that at least one will be just what the Holy Spirit wants to speak into your life today. 10,000 Blessings, Hal How […]
7 Steps to the Church of your Dreams
Do you have pipe dreams for your church? Visions of what you would like to see, but maybe won’t. My pipe dream would be to see our church so well organized that everyone knows exactly what to do. Our greeters would welcome people just right every time. The nursery workers would have mad baby skills. The […]
Where Do you Start if you Want to Get your Church Unstuck?
I hate it when a church gets stuck. Especially if that church is mine. In 2001, New Song moved from a leased facility with a 200 seat auditorium to our own facility with a 600 seat auditorium. Everything increased, except our capacity to care. Attendance rocketed from 500 to 1,100 in one month. Then we […]