August 18th, 2009 
alandanielson On Friday night, August 28th I’ll be speaking at a city-wide evangelistic event in Tracy, California (a suburb of the bay area). The event is sponsored by over 20 churches from all over Tracy and thousands of people will come to hear the message of Christ. I’m humbled and honored to be a part. This [...]
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3 Comments » August 17th, 2009 alandanielson Recently I was asked to be a part of the Blog Tour for Larry Osborne’s Sticky Church. Needless to say, I was really honored. A few days later I found out that I was being asked to kick off the tour by reviewing the first chapter. I was blown away. Then I got the book [...]
Posted in Small Groups Tags: book, church, Discipleship, group, groups, Larry, Osborne, review, small, Sticky, zondervaan 5 Comments » August 15th, 2009 alandanielson I read a book recently called The Noticer: Sometimes, all a person needs is a little perspective by Andy Andrews. It’s short book published by Tyndale is easy to read and engaging. I can’t say that it was a earth shattering read, but I did enjoy it. The book is a mish mash of [...]
August 14th, 2009 alandanielson Waiting on God is never easy. When you’re stuck in the middle of difficult circumstances it’s hard to see hope. 1 Kings 17:5-17 tells us the story of a widow who was getting ready to cook the last meal she and her son would ever eat. She had nothing and the circumstances were bleak. Then [...]
August 13th, 2009 alandanielson Well, it’s time to join the best and the brightest of the blogging world and move my blog to WordPress. As it turns out, I’m having a hard time exporting my blog from the old site to the new one. For now, you can still see old blog posts at http://alandanielson.spruz.com. Thanks for being patient.
August 13th, 2009 alandanielson The latest edition of the “Small Group Bite” podcast is up and ready to download! It’s called “The Cupcake People”. Here’s how you get the mp3 podcast file: Go to the iTunes store and click “subscribe” (Please rate the podcast and write a review) Subscribe to the RSS Feed. ADDITIONALLY I’m taking questions to answer on the podcast. If [...]
Posted in Small Groups, Spiritual Growth Tags: Accountability, bite, cupcakes, group, groups, itunes, leader, podcast, rss, small No Comments » August 11th, 2009 alandanielson QUESTION: How do you ruin the perfect small group? ANSWER: Invite people. No matter what, there is one thing that will tear up small groups faster than anything else and that’s people! We’re sinners, we’re selfish, and we have this profound ability to get on each other’s nerves. All of that adds up to one [...]
Posted in Small Groups Tags: arguing, arguments, conflict, disagreements, fighting, group, groups, members, small No Comments » August 8th, 2009 alandanielson A while back someone turned me on to the book Activate by Nelson Searcy and Kerrick Thomas. And even though it’s more than a year old, people consitently ask me for my thoughts on it. So here goes! What I like: Principles. Searcy and Thomas emphasizes principles over and over in this book. If we learn the [...]
Posted in Small Groups Tags: activate, book, group, groups, semester, semesters, small No Comments » August 6th, 2009 alandanielson Last night I launched my first audio podcast called “Small Group Bite”. It’s a short (2 min 20 sec) mp3 file for small group leaders. This edition of the podcast is about what I call the “Band of Brothers Effect”. Small Group leaders can listen to these podcasts on the way to work, while they’re [...]
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