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Overcoming Church and Ministry Burnout

Cory Miller — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:58:08 +0000

One of my friends Anne Jackson has a new book coming out called Mad Church Disease: Overcoming the Burnout Epidemic in February and she’s offering a free chapter for download here.

Also, you can preorder the book here.

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Mother’s Day Reminder!

James Dalman — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:44:50 +0000

Mother’s Day Reminder: Just a friendly reminder to remember your mom and all the mothers involved at your church on May 11th! If you need a Mother’s Day Power Point or Sermon Slide, checkout the one now available at CCP.

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Tim Challies’ New Book: The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment

Cory Miller — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:23:11 +0000

Tim Challies has a new book titled The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment coming out, and it comes with recommendations from some heavy-hitters, including one of my former professors Dr. Donald Whitney. Wow.

Here’s a description from his site:

“Spiritual discernment is good for more than just making monumental decisions according to God’s will. It is an essential, day-to-day activity that allows thoughtful Christians to separate the truth of God from error and to distinguish right from wrong in all kinds of settings and situations. It is also a skill—something that any person can develop and improve, especially with the guidance in this book.”

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Discerning Reader: One Rockin Christian Books Site

Cory Miller — Thu, 03 May 2007 19:57:08 +0000

Several years ago, I logged onto an awesome Christian book site called Discerning Reader. I loved it and bought some books from the site. Great prices, even better books.

Then something happened … the service just started to fade.

Then … Tim Challies bought it and started to pump new life into the site.

Anyway, after a year of fresh air on the site, he’s now looking at the future of Discerning Reader and wants your input. Personally, I love his ideas and fully support his need to have an income from the site (as well as to not be a distraction to him and his web biz).

Go check out Discerning Reader … and leave Tim an encouraging comment while you’re at it.

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3 Insights on Writing That Book

Cory Miller — Wed, 02 May 2007 01:19:23 +0000

Mark Batterson gives three great insights, gleaned from author Margaret Feinberg, on getting that book written, or climbing that “publishing mountain”:

1. “In every cinderella story there is a fairy Godmother!”
2. “Writing is like buying a lotto ticket. The odds are low, but there’s always a chance!”
3. “There is a difference between driving and hiking to the top of the mountain.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

James Dalman — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:56:12 +0000

I thought I would pass along a great book to read called Duct Tape Marketing by John Jantsch. If you haven’t heard about it or read it - I do recommend it! The subtitle is “The World’s Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide” and it really is practical and can be applied to any church regardless of size. Many of the topics aren’t new ideas but the way that it is written is simple and avoids the useless hyperbole most marketing books throw at you. Grab a copy today!

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James Dalman is the owner/chief brand genius at the Branding Shed, a church planter, and a contributing editor to Church Communications Pro.

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Get Ready for Easter With This Excellent Guest Giveaway and Outreach Tool

Cory Miller — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:50:12 +0000

John Piper’s Desiring God ministry is offering his excellent book Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die at a special discount ($1 a book) for churches who commit to give them away as an Easter outreach.

I own this book, have given it away to others, and highly recommend it as a guest giveaway!

They list several ways you could use the book as an outreach tool and also offer a free Leader’s Guide (PDF).

See my related mini-series on using booklets as guest giveaways here.

[Found via Challies]

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The Blogging Church Book Promo Video

Cory Miller — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:38:18 +0000

I’m excited to eventually read The Blogging Church written by Brian Bailey and Terry Storch, but frankly, I’d really love a review copy! (Hint, hint, cough, cough: Jossey-Bass, Brian, Terry, Leadership, whoever.)

Anyway, check out this promo video on the book with Brian and Terry.

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One Book I’d Like to Read: Listening To The Beliefs of Emerging Church with Mark Driscoll

Cory Miller — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:03:07 +0000

Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches – edited by Robert Webber and Mark Driscoll, and featuring some of the “heavy hitters” in the emerging church conversation.

At Midwestern, I heard quite a bit about the emerging church. One of my seminary profs has been blogging about it and I’m very appreciatitive of his contribution to helping me (and us) understand it better — the good, bad, and ugly.

Here’s a sample chapter download (PDF).

Zondervan, if you’re listening … I’d love to have a review copy of this book!

[Found via Mark Driscoll]

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The Big Idea by Pastor Dave Ferguson

Cory Miller — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:32:54 +0000

Like many other bloggers, I got my copy of blogging pastor Dave Ferguson’s new book The Big Idea: Focus the Message-multiply the Impact (The Leadership Network Innovation Series), which will debut around Feb. 1. [Thanks, Dave!]

I’m looking forward to reading the book and posting some lessons I gleaned from it … as always I welcome “free stuff” especially books like this that will help me do ministry better.

In the meantime, here is some information about the book …

SYNOPSIS:

“Nothing is more dangerous than a single compelling idea that is lived out and nothing is more harmless than lots of little ideas never applied. By creatively communicating one BIG IDEA every week, your church will transform people into genuine Christ followers who live out the mission of Jesus. Less is more! Community Christian Church embraced the BIG IDEA and everything changed. They decided to avoid the common mistake of bombarding people with so many “little ideas” that they suffered overload. They also recognized that leaders often don’t insist that the truth be lived out to accomplish Jesus’ mission. Why? Because people’s heads are swimming with too many little ideas, far more than they can ever apply.”

BENEFITS:

>> The BIG IDEA can help you creatively present one laser-focused theme each week to be discussed in families and small groups.
>> The BIG IDEA shows how to engage in a process of creative collaboration that brings people together and maximizes missional impact.
>> The BIG IDEA can energize a church staff and bring alignment and focus to many diverse church ministries.
>> This book shows how the BIG IDEA has helped Community Christian Church better accomplish the Jesus mission and reach thousands of people at nine locations and launch a church planting network with partner churches across the country.
>> It is part of the Leadership Network Innovation Series published by Zondervan.

DAVE FERGUSON LINKS

His blog
The book on Amazon
The book blog
His church’s website

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