Over the past two decades of my life I have owned three vintage VW buses. The last one was at Discovery Church in Simi Valley, California. I literally had “mobile office” lettering put on the side of the bus and would spend many Thursday afternoons parked at Zuma Beach in Malibu. If you wanted to […]
What if you decided to give the same amount of creativity to your family as you do to your job? How awesome would your family be? From a decade of experience as a youth pastor and a decade of experience as a lead pastor, I have seen far too many families who give their […]
As we head into Fathers Day weekend doesn’t your dad deserve something more than a tie, socks or a Starbucks gift card? Here are eight great gifts to get your pops this year. 1. Bacon Flavored Toothpaste Brushing your teeth with a strip of fried bacon is tricky. If it’s too crisp it will break […]
I don’t know how you would answer that question, but I am a pastor, and I own a Porsche. To live curiously and collect curious things does not always make sense to everyone. Twenty years ago when I was a youth pastor in Indianapolis, I wrote three books for youth pastors: Things They Didn’t Teach […]
For much of my early ministry life, I was being told, you are going to be the “next” rather than the “first.” I believe this all started when I was at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky. I was an up and coming youth pastor, and it was natural and meant to be a compliment […]
Two nights ago we sat at my son, Cole’s junior high graduation ceremony on a football field in Peoria, Arizona. There were well over 3,000 people in attendance; the stands were full! I started to think about my junior high graduation ceremony. I don’t even remember having one! In recent years it seems graduation ceremonies […]
In recent months I have been considering the books/movies in the DIVERGENT series. This series has spoken curiously to something deep inside of my multi-hyphenate-life. If you have not read the books or seen the movies, the big idea is, in the future there are five factions: And everyone has one particular faction where they […]
Last night I took my 14-year-old son Cole (@colelclark) to his first U2 concert. It was a gift for me as a dad to spend a killer night at a concert where I knew the band would not violate my trust. It was an amazing adventure, and, as expected, there was zero profanity and no […]
Great communicators have the ability to blend content and creativity. In this article I want to talk about the role of creativity in communication. You can have the greatest content in the world, but if you are not creative in your communication or presentation, then you may as well not have the content! So how do […]
I am just finishing up leading a communicators cohort retreat in Dana Point, CA the past few days. I wanted to share some of the things we discussed. One of the most common questions I get asked as a communicator is, “Where do I get my stuff!” Translation – where do I find great content […]
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