Author: Paul Alexander
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Top 5 Posts of 2011 #2: when life doesn’t go according to plan
I wrote this post the week after I lost my job pastoring a church in the Atlanta Metro area. It was a crazy moment for the Alexander Family. And a moment that I never imagined that I’d ever be walking through. Not sure this post registered as the #2 post of 2011 because everyone loves…
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Top 5 Posts of 2011 #3: Why church staff change churches
Believe it or not I originally wrote this post back in 2010, and ever since then this post has remained on my top 5 list. This post began a series of posts on church staffing that I’m actually in the process of editing and turning into my first e-book that will be available during the…
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Top 5 Posts of 2011 #4: Stupid things christians say
Checking in at #4 on our countdown to the #1 post of 2011 was a post that hit close to home for me…and based on the conversation this post generated it hit close to home for a lot of other people as well. Stupid Things Christians Say A year ago my family moved to the…
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Top 5 Posts of 2011 #5: Fighting the sin of becoming a boring church part-2
This week I’ll be running down my top 5 posts of 2011. These are the posts that generated the most traffic, tweets, and comments. This post was part 2 of a two part series about what it takes to build compelling environments in our churches. Enjoy! Fighting the Sin of becoming a Boring Church Part-2…
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4 steps to clear church communications
One of the biggest mistakes that churches make in their communication and messaging strategies is in assuming that people care about what they have to say. In today’s competitive, cluttered, and message saturated market there is more than enough noise to keep people from noticing and listening to what you have to say. Even at…