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From Pulpit To Platform (opens the original)
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I spent decades learning to communicate from one space: the pulpit. Clear boundaries. A captive audience. Built-in authority granted by the role itself. Then I stepped into a second space every ministry leader now faces: the digital platform. No boundaries. An audience owing me nothing. Zero built-in authority.Here is my message for pastors, creative leaders, and church staff: the skills built for the pulpit do not transfer directly to the platform. Learning the difference became my real work.Po
Your Role Is Temporary. Your Calling Is Not. (opens the original)
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Titles end. Calling does not. Name the calling, and the calling remains long after any title changes.Eric Smith, a keynote speaker and leadership coach, built a three-step framework to name your calling: your verbs, who you serve, and the cause you serve them for. Combine the three into one sentence, and you get a compass outlasting any job title, any staff position, any season of ministry.Medialight’s host Jonathan Hane sat down with Eric Smith for a conversation to unpack the framework and wha
Mic Drop: The 3 Things You Need to Know Before You Pick Up a Microphone (opens the original)
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Grab a microphone when you get the chance. But, grab the right one for the job. Microphones come in many types, built for many uses, so let’s focus on three important facts you need to know before you record.Fact 1: Dynamic and condenser mics work differentlyA microphone uses a transducer to turn sound into an electrical signal. Two basic types exist.A dynamic microphone works as soon as you plug it in. No power source needed. Many creators reach for a dynamic mic first because setup takes secon
The Isolation That Looks Like Leadership (opens the original)
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Here’s what I learned from talking with Andrew Quinley, a marriage and family counselor who works with ministry leaders: the people who give the most are often the last to ask for anything.Pastors carry everyone’s burdens. Their congregations bring them the hard stuff like marriages falling apart, kids struggling, financial crises, faith crises. And pastors absorb it. They hold it. They show up with wisdom and grace.But who’s holding the pastor?What Andrew shared wasn’t theoretical. It was pract
Build 24/7 Ministry Through Strategic Media (opens the original)
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Picture two pastors.Pastor John spends his whole week preparing. He prays over it, studies for it, crafts every point with care. Sunday morning arrives, and he preaches his heart out for 35 minutes. It’s a genuinely powerful message.And then it’s over. By Tuesday, most of the room has forgotten the details. And the people who weren’t there, the sick, the traveler, the nervous seeker who couldn’t quite work up the courage to walk through the doors, they missed it completely.Now picture Pastor Sar
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