– Glad to be home from my trip to So. Cal. – Weather = awesome! I didn’t get to hit the pool as much as I wanted to, but the cool weather was refreshing – In n’ out burger = the greatest fast food place on the planet. No question! – Saddleback Conference – I had a great time meeting people. I learned a ton listening to Rick. Still processing everything that was said. But a great time. – Loved hanging out with this guy and this guy during the conference. – I saw James Cromwell at LAX when I … Read More
The Twitter Experiment
I don’t know if I’m going to like this, but I’m testing out Twitter. If you want to follow what I’m doing, here’s the link…
How did you get here?
I was checking my stats last night (something I rarely do) and saw that google was the referring address. But the searches that people made to get here were what made me laugh: #1 – “Bob Franquiz” – kind of weird that people are googling my name (I thought I was only one that googled my name 🙂 #2 – “Tipping Etiquette for curbside service” (this made me laugh out loud!) If anyone’s got a definitive answer on this, I’d love to hear it. Here are some words of wisdom on the subject: “Why tip someone for a job I’m … Read More
3 Quick Hits
– Since we went to 3 services, I’ve had a problem with my voice. My the 3rd service, my voice was wasted. But I picked this stuff called Vocalzone called really helped me. I tried it for the 1st time this past Sunday and when I was done with the 3rd service, I felt like I could do 3 more! – My buddy Nelson just put out a 30 page report on church systems. I had a chance to read it earlier this week and it’s great. Also, it’s free! Here’s the link – On June 20th, I’ll be teaching … Read More
Link-a-Thon
There were some great posts this week. Here’s a few just in case you missed them: – My friend Bill had a great series of posts about preaching here, here, and here – My friend Nelson had a great post on how to read faster – Ben’s post about surveys was good. (I haven’t totally discounted surveys, but it’s a good reminder to not lead your organization based solely on surveys) – I really like Tim’s job description of a campus Pastor here – Craig’s post on preaching was great! Happy reading!
New Blogger to put on your radar!
I never thought I’d live to see it, but my friend Nelson Searcy is blogging! Great content so far (especially his latest post 🙂 As you may know, Nelson has been very instrumental in my life over the last 2 years or so. His resources and coaching have stretched me and challenged me to think differently about church and ministry. So add him to your bloglines or google reader or however you read blogs. This is quickly going to become a top blog in the church world.
What it Takes…
Met with a great guy who wants to plant a church. We spent some time talking, but he asked me a question that I haven’t been able to shake. He asked, “What qualities are needed to be a successful church planter?” I thought it was a great question, so I thought I’d share my answer. (I purposely omitted all the stuff that’s been written about ad nauseam) #1 – Passion – you have to be excited about what/ where God has called you. If you aren’t excited, no one else is going to be. #2 – Hunger to Learn – … Read More
Best Part of Today…
It wasn’t great being sick today… But I got to watch the Red Sox opening day ceremonies as the players got their World Series rings – that was awesome! Seeing Bill Buckner get a standing ovation as he threw out the first pitch was amazing. He cried and so did I. But the highlight of the day was when Manny Ramirez tripled and without being prompted, my daughter Mia clapped! 14 months old and already rooting for the right team 🙂 I love being a dad!