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The Pain Points of Pastors – Survey

In the next few days, I’ll be posting a couple posts on the toughest things about being a pastor. I’m doing a survey of all my readers who are pastors, to see what you say are the toughest things about your job. If you’ve already taken the survey, thank you! I’m working through the results now […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoNovember 24, 2015

Guest Follow-up Holidays & Special Days outreach Systems Uncategorized

How I Completely Blew a Big Outreach Event

Four years ago, my children’s leader came to me with an idea for an outreach event: A trunk-or-treat with a Gospel emphasis. (Honestly, I had never been a fan of Trunk-or-Treat!) She called it “Candy Thru the Bible.” Each trunk/station was a Bible story with a candy that went along with the story. She shared […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoDecember 2, 2015

Guest Follow-up Systems

4 Reasons You Should Give a Gift to Guests

This week, a guest walked into our church for the 3rd time in 4 weeks. Due to the crowd, I had been unable to meet her face to face for the first 2 times she had attended. I greeted her, and she began to tell me of a friend in jail, asking if I could visit. […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoNovember 24, 2015

Guest Follow-up outreach Systems Uncategorized

4 Ways You Must Think Differently About Guests To Keep Them

A few years ago, I pulled up in front of a “Babies-R-Us” store. My wife was expecting our first child. It was the first time I had been to this kind of store, since my style runs more toward electronics stores, and sporting goods. As I turned into an aisle to find a parking space, […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoNovember 24, 2015

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On Kim Davis, Gay Marriage & Hypocrisy

Quite a war has been raging in the comments section of social media and websites. Kim Davis, a county clerk in KY, has refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, despite being ordered to by a federal judge, and a refusal by the Supreme Court to grant a stay of the order. I support her. I […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 9 years agoNovember 11, 2015

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On Gay Marriage & the Church’s Response

What is there to say for a Christ-follower on a day where, in a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court of our land has approved the change of a definition of marriage? This definition is measured not in decades or centuries, but in millenia — even according to some of the same justices who voted for the […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 10 years ago

Health Pastoral Burnout Personal Productivity Systems

How to Build a Morning Routine in 7 Steps

Mornings are crucial. And they are fragile. They can serve your greatest values, or they can feed your greatest weaknesses. You can live your life getting up at the last possible second, racing around the house, speeding to work … or you can be intentional about mornings. I think the single greatest, most impactful change […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 10 years agoFebruary 5, 2016

Personal Productivity Systems

5 Steps for Preventing Information Overload

Feel burned out by constant bombardment of decisions, opinions and information? How do you keep the flow of information from overloading your life? In my last post, I recommended an information fast. Stop reading or watching except when absolutely necessary, focus for 3 months on ACTION – just doing what you already know. In the […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 10 years agoNovember 24, 2015

Emotional Health Health Personal Productivity

3 Reasons You Should Go On An Information Fast

You’ve probably heard the statistic: The average person today sees more information in a Sunday edition of the New York Times than the average person in the 18th Century was likely to see in a year — or a lifetime, if they were rural and poor. They don’t call it “the information age” for nothing. It’s a […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 10 years agoNovember 16, 2018

Emotional Health Health Personal Productivity Systems

5 Ways to Keep the Internet from Controlling Your Life

The internet is a great blessing. I love it. But ever feel like the internet is controlling your life? Ever feel like you started to get something done, then somehow wound up on Youtube watching Denver the Guilty Dog? Did you just click and watch Denver the Guilty Dog? 🙂 You’re not alone: According to Nielsen, US […]

darrellstetler2@gmail.com 10 years agoNovember 28, 2015

The Pain Points of Pastors – Survey

How I Completely Blew a Big Outreach Event

4 Reasons You Should Give a Gift to Guests

4 Ways You Must Think Differently About Guests To Keep Them

On Kim Davis, Gay Marriage & Hypocrisy

On Gay Marriage & the Church’s Response

How to Build a Morning Routine in 7 Steps

5 Steps for Preventing Information Overload

3 Reasons You Should Go On An Information Fast

5 Ways to Keep the Internet from Controlling Your Life

Breaking Old Habits, Building New Ones