Posts by John Reece

everyone wants to be first. everyone wants to be the best. it is our naturally tendency to desire this, and most of us think that we have arrived at being the first and best at some point and time in our life. there is a movement, you could call it a campaign, that has just…

filters are used on camera lenses to enhance different colors or to highlight certain features of the picture being taken. the image we see is modified in some way by the filters. in like manner, we view and interact with people through filters created and influenced by our life’s experiences and beliefs. oftentimes, we consider…

We are able to learn from business expertise and apply these learnings in a church leadership context. However, taken to an extreme, more negative effects are revealed within church management. A book I have found to be beneficial in reviewing this notion of effective business management within the church is Don Cousins’ Experiencing LeaderShift: Letting…

hello, neighbor. i was reminiscing of the times when training union was offered [it is no longer offered]. every sunday evening my family and i would go to training union before sunday evening service. training union, in today’s vernacular, was intense discipleship training, teaching church members from the time they can talk [yes, at a…

the primary theme of threadmatters is about life and how each of our lives are woven together. we affect each other. we pursue relationships because we are made to desire this. this first entry of my new blog will not be a grand introduction of all the thoughts and ambitions of this site. for me,…