July 29th, 2010 
alandanielson A small group I know decided they wanted to do more than take up all the parking in the neighborhood where they met. They decided to go to every home in the neighborhood and say, “We pray for every household in this edition. Is there any way you’d like us to pray for you specifically?” [...]
July 28th, 2010 alandanielson Stacey and I had two of our married friends over for dinner recently. The wife sat down in our living room recliner and said, “I love this chair. For a while it was the one good thing in my life”. She said that because 5 years ago she came to live with us after [...]
July 26th, 2010 alandanielson Facebook recently hit the 500 million user mark. WOW! Think about that for a minute. There are approximately 1 billion Christians in the world and it took 2000 years for us to get there. It has taken Facebook only a few years to reach half that many people. At this pace, Facebook will likely reach [...]
July 22nd, 2010 alandanielson Stacey and I are in New Jersey right now so I can interview for a lead pastor position. Yesterday we got to ride a train and a ferry into New York City. It was almost surreal at first. It was like I’d been there before, even though I’d never been there. Most of the things [...]
July 21st, 2010 alandanielson In one of my more embarrassing moments at LifeChurch.tv I was asked to play the part of a game show host for a message series about the will of God. It’s interesting that I was chosen for the part, because I always believed with absolute certainty that my being a LifeChurch.tv was God’s will. There [...]
July 20th, 2010 alandanielson Originally posted July 29, 2009. Reposted July 20, 2010 ———————————————————————- I’ve had some great opportunities to help develop small group tools for the churches I’ve worked in over the last few years. Many times people have asked if these resources were available without any terminology specific to a given church (i.e. LifeGroups, Journey Groups, etc.). Well [...]
July 14th, 2010 alandanielson Marketing has changed. People now choose how they receive their marketing, and Social Media is one of the avenues people are choosing. As such, businesses are starting Twitter accounts and Facebook fan pages by the thousands every day. Some organizations do very well with Social Media Marketing, but unfortunately, many businesses aren’t getting the results they want. [...]
July 13th, 2010 alandanielson Originally posted 10-20-2009. Reposted 07-13-2010 ————————————————— Leaders in the Body of Christ are targets. Our spiritual enemy wants to destroy, disgrace, and discredit our leaders so the mission of Christ is embarrassed and bogged down. Our spiritual enemy is good at what he does. Ladies, I have to confess that I don’t know the areas [...]
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Tags: Accountability, accountable, attack, confess, confession, leaders, Leadership, money, power, sex, weakness, weaknesses 
1 Comment » July 8th, 2010 alandanielson Today I’m honored to have a guest blogger: Darren Currin. Darren is the person who writes the small group curriculum for LifeChurch.tv. I’ll let Darren describe his role to you. —————————————————– Let’s face it. Summer can be a difficult time for small group ministries. Most group leaders and attendees are distracted with vacations, the kids being [...]
July 7th, 2010 alandanielson When I’m talking to organizational leaders about leveraging Social Media Marketing to promote their product and/or services, I frequently hear the same question: ”What happens to us when everyone is using this same approach to marketing? Won’t we become irrelevant then?” The answer: NOT A CHANCE! The first one there wins. Have you been reluctant [...]
