Well, it's not all that controversial…. but it probably will make some of you mad.  That's OK.  I've been thinking and praying about some of the reasons why –church word alert–EVANGELISM isn't more of a passion for people in our churches… or even pastors.  Here's what I think… I'd love to hear your thoughts.  And [...]

That title will draw lots of attention and hits, I know… Lots of creativity and innovation there.  Ha!  There's no real great way of announcing that I am moving this blog to www.erictayloronline.  If you've got the blog bookmarked, you'll want to change it pretty soon.  If you don't have it bookmarked, you'll want to [...]

I couldn't post a mind dump yesterday because the cable and internet at our house was down.  That stunk because I couldn't watch the race… couldn't watch NFL football and couldn't do any work that required internet access… that meant I couldn't log on to our Church Management program, Fellowship One.  I was hacked at [...]

#9.  God often calls us to ACT in faith before He will act.   I just finished reading Wild Goose Chase by Mark Batterson.  In his book he tells a story that resonated with me because I've seen it in action over the last 2 years.  God is calling us to do the impossible, improbable [...]

#6.  If I don't lead well, I can become the bottleneck for growth.   From the very beginning I had my hand in everything.  You have to.  There's no one else to do it.  However, if we're not careful, all of our "doing" can keep us from leading and equipping others.  I experienced this just [...]

This is becoming a lot longer post than I had anticipated and my A.D.D. is kicking in pretty hard, so I'm going to give you the rest of the list over the next several posts without as much commentary.  I'd love to hear your thoughts. Here goes:  #5.  Leadership Matters.   Really… it does!  When [...]

#4.  Each church has a unique style and story.   This is an area where God has to continually work on me to keep me in check.  My natural tendency is toward the "dark side".  I am a comparer.  I naturally see what other churches are doing and my initial instinct is to adopt it, [...]

This is pretty late because I spent all day today rebuilding my MacBook Pro.  Long story but I essentially had to do an "archive and install".  Not sure what it does but it takes a lot of time.  It was pretty frustrating.  I didn't get to do some of the things I wanted to, but [...]

Just finished reading Matthew Paul Turner's book CHURCHED.  It only took me 2 days.  Not because I'm a speed reader, but because he's such a great storyteller.  He captivated me from the first page and ushered me down memory lane of my own church experience as a child.  I found myself laughing like crazy at [...]