you’ve got my permission

July 26th, 2010 No Comments

Being your­self is much harder than being some­one else.

Being your­self means peo­ple might reject YOU. They might not like YOU. They might fire YOU.

But being your­self is the best. You’ve gotta do it. There is no plea­sure that comes with being some­one else. Sometimes we all try to be like what we’d imag­ine our boss/spouse/friends would want us to be & we’re mis­er­able the entire time.

Well you’ve got my permission:

be your­self.

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to church with Christ

July 25th, 2010 1 Comment

Today I go to church with Christ. Jesus and I will be in atten­dance at your church today.

  • Please be kind & wel­com­ing to me, there are few things Christ frowns upon more than when his friends are not treated with hospitality.
  • Please don’t pull any punches in your ser­mon. Jesus gets frus­trated when preach­ers give weak procla­ma­tions. He has grown par­tic­u­larly frus­trated with the style of ser­mon which would be true regard­less of His death & resurrection.
  • Don’t worry about any mis-steps with the wor­ship band. We don’t really mind. In fact, our wor­ship keeps us pretty dis­tracted from the minis­cule details of concert.
  • And please, there is no apol­ogy needed for the tim­ing “errors” in your service’s tran­si­tions. Please don’t fret, we’re patient.
  • Oh and I need to apol­o­gize in advance, Jesus doesn’t tithe. I hope you’ll still think of him on Sun­day morn­ing even though he’s not giv­ing you money. It seems like it shouldn’t be a prob­lem as He’s already given you LIFE, but some peo­ple seem to ignore atten­ders who don’t give money.
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-24

July 24th, 2010 No Comments
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Finding Beauty by Scott Hodge

July 22nd, 2010 No Comments

This ser­mon is my life right now. (if you can’t see the video player, click here.)

[an•thro•pol•o•gy] Wk.5 “Beauty” — Scott Hodge [New­song Irvine | 07.18.2010] from New­song Church on Vimeo.

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Church Links

July 21st, 2010 No Comments

Check out Dieter Rams 10 prin­ci­ples of Great Design. What if you ran your church pro­grams through those checkpoints?

I’ve started writ­ing on 750words.com every­day. I usu­ally just take a quick men­tal inven­tory of my life and try to elab­o­rate on the lump in my throat.

Lee Bezotte explains what to expect when you’re going into min­istry. A Great Article!

Here’s a great list of things to do in the 10 years it takes for you to become a mas­ter of your craft.

Eugene Cho’s got a BALLER thought about how he’d advise Lebron James through THE DECISION.

Matt Clever tells us what we already know, but don’t act on.

ROOM 1228 has got GORGEOUS designs for your min­istry. I haven’t seen  any­thing com­ing out of a min­istry that looks this good ever…

Check out the blog MY MILK TOOF. Made me real­ize that it doesn’t take crazy amounts of money to con­vey a story, it just takes intention.

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Ulysses by Josh Garrels

July 20th, 2010 1 Comment

Some audi­ble good­ness from Josh Gar­rels with video good­ness from Andrew Ellis. If you can’t see the video, click here.

Ulysses by Josh Gar­rels from Andrew Ellis on Vimeo.

Josh Gar­rels per­forms Ulysses in a New York City backyard.

Sound by Jonathan Seale

Image by Andrew Ellis

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-17

July 17th, 2010 No Comments
  • thought: Twit­ter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-10 — thought: Twit­ter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-03 GGGGGGGOOOOOOOAAAAA… http://ow.ly/184QDu #
  • thought: if some­thing is going on, they’ll pray for you — I had lunch yes­ter­day with one of the Jr. High staff dudes… http://ow.ly/184QDw #
  • Made a pretty decent pro­file use­ing Flavors.me: http://flavors.me/adamlehman #
  • Just spent a solid amount of time on both Michael W. Smith’s & AC/DC’s web­sites. Just thought I should share that. #
  • The man Jesus Christ laid death in His grave. #
  • RT @FrankVi­ola: When we dethrone Jesus Christ from His right­ful place, we tar­nish the face of Chris­tian­ity and rede­fine it out of exis­tence. #
  • List of 20 ways a bad boss pas­tor can drive you nuts: http://ow.ly/29EQQ (via @hard­ly­nor­mal) #
  • Why my funeral hasn’t hap­pened yet: http://ow.ly/29ELb #
  • Seth Godin gave away his birth­day to @char­i­ty­wa­ter. Give them a present here: http://ow.ly/29CST #
  • Help raise $300,000 to build a new home & school in haiti for kids with cere­bral palsy & autism. http://bit.ly/9L79PM #
  • RT @AdamIn­Colum­bus: Can a stock –boy telecom­mute? http://ow.ly/i/2xuC #
  • Excited for wor­ship at @sawmill­covenant today. I have a feel­ing this will be a good one. #
  • This tweeter has sent me 3 iden­ti­cal, unso­licited DM. Unfol­lowed. http://twitpic.com/24l99v #
  • thought: Youth Min­istry Links — ChurchCre­ate writes about Leav­ing Well in Min­istry. Slideshow on 6 ways to guar­an­tee… http://ow.ly/186deJ #
  • David’s Log: Life Improve­ments — › Things I’ve changed this year: › • I [added a bunch of mail fil­ters]. › •… http://tumblr.com/xfdd9obpu #
  • David’s Log: How I fixed my Inbox — › To pref­ace, I still don’t respond to very much email. But these fil­ters… http://tumblr.com/xfddaxut1 #
  • Youth pas­tors, when you talk about sex with teens, do you ever tell them they should make sure they have pro­tec­tion if they’re gonna do it? #
  • Youth pas­tors, when you talk to teens about drink­ing, do you tell them not to drive if they’ve drank? #
  • When preach­ers can’t find the holy spirit, they often set­tle for using guilt. #
  • “Jesus Christ is the only thing in God’s uni­verse that doesn’t wear thin.” ~ Jesus Man­i­festo ~ #
  • Photo: My read­ing this morn­ing. http://tumblr.com/xfddc0yyb #
  • thought: Ques­tions to ask while inter­view­ing for a church posi­tion http://ow.ly/1879a8 #
  • Adbusters is EASILY my favorite web­site to spent hours on: https://www.adbusters.org/ #
  • Lov­ing my wife today even while she’s at work. How do you love your spouse when they’re not around? #
  • Colum­bus peeps: fol­low @adamin­colum­bus. It’s my colum­bus twit­ter account. #
  • Soc­cer leads to social­ism. Here’s the proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBkbj_S3etY #
  • “Nov­els, for me, start — as Robert Frost said his poems did — with a lump in the throat. I don’t start…” http://tumblr.com/xfddir62c #
  • God Hates Nerds? Huh, I wouldn’t have guessed that.… http://ow.ly/2cumf #
  • I love @josh­gar­rels music so much that I get Google Alerts sent weekly let­ting me know who’s talk­ing about him. His art is my favorite. #ff #
  • Try­ing to fig­ure out if Advanced Pro­mo­tions is a legit com­pany. Any way to check that?http://www.advancedpromotions.net/ #
  • Rare footage of @alliepal work­ing on a Dell using pub­lisher! http://twitpic.com/25y7wn #
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Questions to ask while interviewing for a church position

July 13th, 2010 5 Comments
Ques­tions to ask a min­istry before being hired (these are sug­ges­tions peeps gave me via twit­ter):
  • Five years from now, what would make you say that I was the best hire you’d ever made?
  • Five years from now, what you make you say that I just didn’t really work out?
  • What do you see as some of the weak­nesses of your church?
  • What do you see as some of the strongest pieces of your church?
  • What has been going on here in the past year to invest in the local community?
  • What type of train­ing are the lead­ers in our church par­tic­i­pat­ing in? Are you happy with that level of training?
  • What are some ways that the pastors/leaders are cared for in this congregation?
  • What has the his­tory of han­dling con­flict been within the church?
  • What are the bud­get break­downs within the entirety of the church?
    • How much is being invested on pro­grams out­side of the church walls?
    • How much of the bud­get is being pumped towards debt?
    • How much is the aver­age weekly or monthly giving?
  • Where do other church staff live?

Got any more? I’ll con­tin­u­ously add to this list as sug­ges­tions come.

Bring it!

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Youth Ministry Links

July 12th, 2010 1 Comment

ChurchCre­ate writes about Leav­ing Well in Min­istry.

Slideshow on 6 ways to guar­an­tee a lousy kick-off to your fall programing.

A hoodie with built in head­phones & ipod/mp3 player jack!

Chuck Bomar has a few thoughts about get­ting onto a col­lege cam­pus to make min­istry connections.

The “best book on the nature of church his­tory.”

Steven Furtick has a series of short videos on How to Sur­vive & Thrive in a Church You Don’t Like. Check out the list of videos below:

I book­marked this arti­cle by Seth Godin and find it to influ­ence my think­ing all the time. As a youth pas­tor, who are the voices in your head that cause you to stop short of doing some­thing remark­able. In the past, I’ve had a cou­ple of par­ents who com­plained about every­thing (their teens were the same way). It was those par­ents’ voice I’d have in my head when I was plan­ning the sum­mer sched­ule or plan­ning a les­son. Who are the voices in your head?

Youth Min­istry Twit­ter of the Week: @YWjournal. LOTS of inter­est­ing con­vos and top­ics regard­ing youth ministry.

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-10

July 10th, 2010 No Comments
  • thought: Twit­ter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-03 — GGGGGGGOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #world­cup … http://ow.ly/17ZaJV #
  • thought: Youth Min­istry Link Love — HSM has a pretty cool idea to help address the ques­tions (both doc­tine & real li… http://ow.ly/180pSR #
  • “I believe in jus­tice: but I am not a preacher of the gospel of jus­tice, but the Gospel of Christ who…” http://tumblr.com/xfdctjp2v #
  • thought: I blame us, not them. — We erect pro­grams & orga­ni­za­tion to cater to an individual’s every whim and then co… http://ow.ly/181dVr #
  • RT @Jared_2point0: The most dif­fi­cult thing about youth min­istry for me has been hav­ing to con­vince another man’s son that his dad loves him #
  • RT @Phil_Larson: Want to find Christ-inspired music that’s actu­ally good? Check out @Music­Torch at http://www.MusicTorch.com #
  • He’s ner­vous, but on the ser­vice he looks calm and ready.… #
  • thought: art is not [just] a paint­ing — Art is the way a soci­ety tells sto­ries. Art is a vehi­cle. Read through some … http://ow.ly/1829rD #
  • gear­ing up my tummy for a lil mon­go­lian bbQ lunch w/ @hartlife #
  • RT @shawnw: Have you heard Death In His Grave by @john­markmc yet? No? You don’t know what you’re miss­ing! Lis­ten here -> http://goo.gl/nxtr #
  • I ‘m com­pil­ing a list of ques­tions to ask churches dur­ing hir­ing process. TWEET SOME ?s AT ME. (RT would be swell…) #
  • Hey hey folks. I ranted and it got posted on a blog. Enjoy: http://ow.ly/28sed #
  • Ok, back at it. What are some things that you’d be SURE to ask a church dur­ing the inter­view process? #
  • RT @tony­mor­gan­live: “find peo­ple we can encour­age and nur­ture until they’re as impa­tient with aver­age as we are.” http://bit.ly/abyUaM #
  • Still com­pil­ing ques­tions. What are some ques­tions you’d be sure to ask if you were inter­view­ing for a church posi­tion? #
  • Just unlocked the BAZOOKA badge on @Chump­Dump #
  • Photo: I share a wed­ding anniver­sary with Kendra & Hank. We’ll see who lasts longer. http://tumblr.com/xfdd0ufh4 #
  • quick help: i need a @word­press plu­gin or some­thing to sift track­backs from com­ments. help? #
  • If any of these projects sound remotely inter­est­ing to you, join me: http://www.adamlehman.us/projects/ #
  • Photo: Seen dri­ving on 270 http://tumblr.com/xfdd22n5n #
  • I need 2 local Colum­bus busi­nesses that I can use as exam­ples of adver­tise­ments on my blog. GET AT ME if you’re inter­ested & your colum­bus. #
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