As I write, I am sitting next to my daughter in our front yard. As Christians, our family is trying to practice being Front Yard People. Unfortunately, we live in a Back Yard World. More and more, people spend little or no time in their Front Yards. We currently sit in ours because we don’t…
On Tuesday, I linked to a post by Mark Batterson about being a forward-looking leader. At the time, I said, “’nuff said.” But today, I’m continuing to take a little time to expand on Mark’s post. I’ve also been the #1 leader. Sometimes I’ve been a forward-thinker. Other times I have not. I’ve experienced the positives…
Yesterday, I linked to a post by Mark Batterson about being a forward-looking leader. At the time, I said, “’nuff said.” But today, I’m going to take a little time to expand on Mark’s post. As I look back over my life, the post spoke to me on two levels . . . First, I…
Today, I’m continuing my series on churches and facilities: Click for PART 1 or for PART 2 or for PART 3 or for PART 4 Yesterday, in Parts 3&4, I began by identifying the BIG 3 of spaces in facilities that are important to evaluate — worship, support, and parking. Part 4 gave a basic breakdown to help…
Today, I’m continuing my series on churches and facilities: Click for PART 1 or for PART 2 or for PART 3 Earlier, I began by identifying the BIG 3 of spaces in facilities that are important to evaluate — worship, support, and parking. How can you evaluate how much of each you need for your current…
Finally, here’s another architect/pastor insight on churches and buildings. Click for PART 1 or for PART 2 This is the obvious one, but probably the way in which architecture can affect ministry the most is simply capacity of space. This is typcial church-growth stuff, but just a quick re-iteration . . . There are 3…
I’m finally actually getting into this series. Busy weekend, but here we go: For Part 1 – Click Here. Last time I stated that my architectural thesis in college was, (for churches,) “Architecture doesn’t matter inasmuch as it helps or hinders the ministry from taking place.” There’s a whole lot behind that statement. This post…
To say I am uniquely qualified to talk about churches, buildings, and related topics is probably a bit of an understatement. I work in architecture. Most of my time is spend designing church buildings. I have designed fast-growing churches, barely growing churches, traditional churches, contemporary churches, small churches, big churches, worship spaces, children’s spaces, office…