Posts by Mark Howell
Will You Take Advantage of This Price for GroupLife Southwest?
Will You Take Advantage of THIS Price for GroupLife Southwest? I hope you’re planning to join us for GroupLife Southwest! And I really hope you’ll take advantage of the Extra Super Early Bird Price of $99.95 (the Extra Super Early Bird Price ends on the 15th…and that’s Saturday!). But why should you join us at…
Read MoreHow to Launch New Groups with a Small Group Connection
Backstory A little more than 20 years ago I began leading the small group ministry at Fellowship of the Woodlands (now Woodlands Church). Fellowship was about 6 years old and growing like a weed; attendance was growing faster than volunteers and leaders could be identified. I was a volunteer. I had some previous staff experience…
Read MoreDilbert on Overcoming the Biggest Obstacle
Sometimes…you just need to laugh! You can see the rest of my Dilbert posts right here.
Read MoreSimon Sinek on Curiosity
“Curiosity is essential for progress. Only when we look to worlds beyond our own can we really know if there’s room for improvement.” Simon Sinek Further Reading: Resolve to Be a Student Never Stop Questioning Quotebook: Thoroughly Conscious Ignorance A Bias Toward What’s Next Image by Mohammad Abdullah
Read MoreDon’t Miss the Upside of a Good Problem, Crisis, or Constraint
Don’t Miss the Upside of a Good Problem, Crisis, or Constraint I’ve written extensively about there being no problem-free solution, strategy, or model. If you’ve read much here you know the next line is that wise leaders simply choose the set of problems they’d rather have. Problems I don’t talk about it as much, but…
Read More3 Surprisingly Simple Solutions to Big Small Group Ministry Problems
Sometimes in life (and ministry) you trip across a solution to a problem and it truly is a Eureka! moment. You know what I’m talking about? And I guess the longer you work at something, the longer you are kind of stuck, the more amazing the moment is when you discover a surprisingly simple solution…
Read MoreThese Are the Books You Need to Be Reading
“What should I be reading?!!” I get asked that question all the time. When I checked Google Analytics just now, I noticed again (for the millionth time) that the “reading list” tab in the menu bar was my 5th most popular page or post in the last 12 months. For years I’ve simply linked the…
Read MoreDo NOT Miss Designed to Lead: The Latest from Eric Geiger and Kevin Peck
Spent some time this week with Designed to Lead: The Church and Leadership Development, a new book from Eric Geiger and Kevin Peck. If Geiger’s name sounds familiar it’s because he is the co-author (with Thom Rainer) of best-seller Simple Church, one of the most influential ministry books in the last decade. If you’re unfamiliar with Peck…
Read MoreStill Time to Catch the Extra Super Early Bird Price for GroupLife Southwest
I hope you’re planning to join us for GroupLife Southwest! And I really hope you’ll take advantage of the Extra Super Early Bird Price ($99.95 until October 15th)! A powerful lineup of trusted small group ministry experts and leading practitioners (Bill Willits and Tim Cooper from North Point, Chris Surratt from LifeWay, Dave Enns from…
Read MoreSimon Sinek on the Value of Experimentation
“The value of experimentation is not the trying. It’s the trying again after the experiment fails.” Simon Sinek I don’t know about you, but I love this line from Simon Sinek. I’ve said before that one of my proudest moments was when my prospective boss at Parkview was told “if you’re okay with a mad…
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