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Thursday and a Half
If you're involved in ministry, chances are you have lots of long days and late-night meetings. Here's an approach you might try to be fully engaged to the end.
"Super" lessons to learn from Indy
The past couple of weeks in Indianapolis have been thrilling. My hometown was the consummate host city for Super Bowl XLVI!
Views from a Seat at The Table
When 30 talented creative/communications professionals gather in one room, there's bound to be some great take-aways! In case you missed it, The Table, held January 26, focused on enhancing visual media at your church. We covered everything from ...
Simple Plan
Struggling with long-range ministry planning? Do five-year projections overwhelm? Are your 10-year master plans fantasy? If we don’t know what tomorrow holds, how can we expect to predict the long road ahead? At Fishhook, we follow a simple, ...
Smelly Church
You've heard of Simple Church. Innovative Church. Sticky Church. Now I want you to think about Smelly Church. No, it's not the latest new leadership book ...
Zoned out? Then get out!
Ever find yourself overworked and under inspired? If your job calls for creativity (and I’m not sure what job doesn’t), then you must periodically hit the reset button on your creative heart. Last week, I reset mine in expected and unexpected ...
Jumpstart Your Creativity
Head stuck in the mud? Brain void of all creative juices? We’ve all been there. Check out our short list of personal ways we've tried to get the creativity back.
Stop. Look. Listen.
I'm really good at talking. I could talk all day. I surely drive my nearest and dearest nuts. And I'm terrible at listening. I try, I really do. But it's hard. It takes work. Churches struggle with this, too. We're great at spewing all kinds of ...
Dream Big
"Big dreams. They change your questions. They change your prayers. And they change others." -Pastor Greg Wenhold, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Naperville, IL Pastor Greg should know. After months of prayer and big dreaming, he and ...
Bridging the Generational Communications Gap
Most of Fishhook’s church clients have the blessing and challenge of having generationally diverse congregations. Either the church has existed long enough to sustain a maturing population while attracting younger families, or it is a newer ...
