Middle Child Syndrome – Why People Leave Church
Have you ever seen the comic sketch, ‘The Only Gay in the Village’? This famous Little Britain sketch is one of the most powerful observations...
Banter Grows the Church
Banter is the language of a champion team. It always amuses those who listen in. You can tell a great team by the banter that...
Masters of Reinvention
Dave’s weekly video blog has him ranting on the importance of reinventing yourself to make sure that you go from hit to hit in all you are doing rather than striving and perspiring and not seeing the results you first dreamed of when you were inspired. Let him know what you think…
Beauty For Ashes
‘What do you think people think when they see you?’ Most people have no idea of where we’ve each come from and where we’re going. All they see is a snapshot – a photograph – no perspective and no background. With snapshots, all we can do is categorize them. In doing so, we all become a little judgemental. For example when we see someone a little overweight, we judge them. But if we’d seen that they have spent the last year reducing their weight by half, we would congratulate them.
Left Brain Churches
My left brain LOVES systems, adores categories, loves pathways and clings to lists, databases, and more lists. My right brain HATES to know that I’m...
Circles Of Comparison
How do you know how well you are doing unless you compare yourself against what other people are doing? Some say that we should just be content with who we are but, how do you know who you are unless you compare yourself to who you are not?
How to work for a Dysfunctional Leader
Dysfunctional leaders regularly move the goalposts. They take your work for granted and explode over the smallest of details. They never complete a vision before...
Take it to the Limit
(One More Time) No one knows their limits because what was your limit yesterday is no longer your limit today! You’ve grown and your limits...
Step Maker
A lot of us think that there’s a giant leap of faith that we have to undertake in order to follow God through the wilderness...
Rage Against Beige
Pastor Dave Gilpin has a theory that many believers were more ‘exciting’ before they believed than after they believed! Before they were rescued by Christ,...
Going Back is Not Going Backwards
Sometimes you’ve got to go back in order to go forwards. Yet we are all a little scared of going back for fear of going...
Upsizing
What to Do After the Storms are Gone. The place where you live and breathe is too small for you. It fitted yesterday, but it...