There’s nothing magical about small groups …
One of the greatest areas of focus in the church is the development of small groups. Great emphasis is placed on getting church members into being a […]
22
Apr
2010
Articles by Dr. James Scott, Jr.
Scott Free Clinic Blog
20
Apr
2010
Leadership failure in the church …
There’s a “holy contradiction” that rages within me. On one hand, I passionately love the Church. The Church is the bride of Christ, and it is for […]
18
Apr
2010
How to kill a prayer ministry …
What can make a well-intentioned prayer ministry weak or ineffective? Injecting judgementalism. When we go before God on behalf of someone else and pray for what we […]
16
Apr
2010
The power of an example …
The title of the movie “Hope Floats” came to mind recently when I read about an experiment done with a bunch of rats. In his book “Where […]
14
Apr
2010
Human-based mentoring v. Biblically-based mentoring …
It’s seems like it’s difficult to spend five minutes in conversation with a church leader without the topic of mentoring coming up. Mentoring is one of the […]
13
Apr
2010
In the lab …
Tech lovers were flush with adrenaline recently as the iPad was finally released and a new piece of technology entered the public marketplace. Technological and scientific advances […]
12
Apr
2010
Skipping the commercials?
“Watch what you want to watch, when you want to watch it” is the concept of hulu.com, a website where you can watch a host of television […]
10
Apr
2010
Turn on the spotlight and listen …
One of the most encouraging things we can do for people we are with is to let them have their moment! What I mean by that is […]
09
Apr
2010
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck …
Today one of my friends on Twitter posted the following tweet: “I find that ducks’ opinion of me is greatly influenced by whether or not I have […]
08
Apr
2010
Back away from the paint brush …
I’m watching danger! Actually I’m watching cars hurtling down a freeway in the San Francisco bay area. Driving can be a dangerous thing, especially considering the number […]