daviddrury.com
  • Books
    • Books
    • God is for Real by Todd Burpo with David Drury
    • “Should My Church Be on Social Media?” by David Drury (in Trending Up)
    • Transforming Presence by David Drury
    • Duckville by David Drury (illustrated by Daniel Swartz)
    • Being Dad by David Drury
    • SoulShift by David Drury and Steve DeNeff
    • Ageless Faith by David Drury and Keith Drury
    • The Fruitful Life by David Drury
  • Articles
  • About
    • More About David Drury
    • Let’s Stay in Touch
    • Contact Me

Finding cool stuff?

Posts Categorized: Thursday (Leadership)

A Video Tour of Headquarters and Overview of our Divisions

Posted by David
2012-08-23
in The Wesleyan Church, Thursday (Leadership)
The Techology Show guys had me on Wednesday in order to give them a video tour of the Wesleyan headquarters, and a bit of an overview of the activity...
Read More

Wasteful Management… Yet Another Danger of Denominational Work

Posted by David
2012-08-16
in The Wesleyan Church, Thursday (Leadership)
I’ve been taking a look at the dangers of denominational work, which my father outlined back in the early 80s. Last time we talked about the temptation of getting absorbed with...
Read More

Is Your Church Thorny, Stoned or Pavement? [Featuring Al Goracke, Ron Burgundy, & Me]

Posted by David
2012-08-13
in Monday (Communication), Thursday (Leadership)
Yes, Al Goracke shot his most recent “60 Second DS” spot with a picture of me in the background, next to Ron Burgundy. I will let you interpret that as...
Read More

Getting Absorbed with Denominational Politics: The 5th Danger of Denominational Work

Posted by David
2012-08-2
in Thursday (Leadership)
After writing on other leadershp issues on Thursdays the last few weeks I now return to our series on the “Dangers of Denominational Work.” A refresher: In 1981 my...
Read More

Hitting the Wall in Ministry? I Recommend “Filled Up, Poured Out” to You

Posted by David
2012-07-26
in Thursday (Leadership)
One of my pastoral heroes is Mark Wilson of the “Revitalize Your Church” blog. I hope it’s a part of your reading list if you’re a pastor. He has a...
Read More

Youth Ministry Misfit

Posted by David
2012-07-17
in Thursday (Leadership), Tuesday (Faith)
I was a horrible youth pastor. I found myself in college studying for the ministry. This was despite the fact that my faith was quite feeble–and my interest in...
Read More

Avoiding VDPs: “Very Draining People” and Other Tips (with Communication Learnings from Al Goracke)

Posted by David
2012-07-16
in Monday (Communication), Thursday (Leadership)
Al Goracke is the pastor of Kingswood Church in Blaine, MN. He was recently elected to give oversight to a group of Churches in Illinois. That role in the...
Read More

Overestimating Your Influence – Another Danger of Denominational Work (Part 4)

Posted by David
2012-07-12
in The Wesleyan Church, Thursday (Leadership)
In another installment of our series on dangers of denominational work, we have the idea of over-estimating the influence of your denominational leadership. As a leader sometimes there is...
Read More

Myth: Thinking Departmental Growth Equals Church Growth – Dangers of Denominational Work Revisited, Part 3

Posted by David
2012-07-5
in The Wesleyan Church, Thursday (Leadership)
In my transition from local church leadership to Denominational work I’m posting on  Thursdays for my leadership article revisiting a letter my Dad wrote in 1981. So far I’ve...
Read More

Out of Touch Denominational Leaders – Dangers of Denominational Work Revisited with Responses and Resolutions

Posted by David
2012-06-28
in Thursday (Leadership)
On Thursdays for my leadership article series I’ve been revisiting a letter my father, Keith Drury, wrote way back in 1981, back when Dallas was the most watched TV...
Read More

Dangers of Denominational Work – Revisited with Responses & Resolutions

Posted by David
2012-06-21
in Thursday (Leadership)
Back in 1981 a few things were going on. Ronald Reagan become president, Anwar Sadat was assassinated, and the Iranian hostages were released. Charles and Di were married, Muhammad Ali...
Read More

An Open Letter to Groundswell and a Call For Input

Posted by David
2012-06-13
in Personal, The Wesleyan Church, Thursday (Leadership)
Hello, Groundswellians. If you don’t know what that means, Groundswell was a Facebook forum created in 2011 which ran through June 2012, a key General Conference in the Wesleyan...
Read More
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8

Please activate some Widgets.

  • Books
    • Books
    • God is for Real by Todd Burpo with David Drury
    • “Should My Church Be on Social Media?” by David Drury (in Trending Up)
    • Transforming Presence by David Drury
    • Duckville by David Drury (illustrated by Daniel Swartz)
    • Being Dad by David Drury
    • SoulShift by David Drury and Steve DeNeff
    • Ageless Faith by David Drury and Keith Drury
    • The Fruitful Life by David Drury
  • Articles
  • About
    • More About David Drury
    • Let’s Stay in Touch
    • Contact Me

320press

© daviddrury.com