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On the Rise: Why you can’t stop watching short videos. The critical mistake leaders make with top performers and James Clear on ability.
Welcome to the On The Rise newsletter, where I feature fascinating, helpful, and sometimes curious content that caught my attention this week.
Today, why short-form video is so addictive and why so many companies are pouring more money into it. Plus, church trends, high performer mistakes, and James Clear’s convicting insight on pushing the edge of your abilities.
Why Everyone’s Addicted to Short-Form Videos
The psychology behind short-form video.
Why do we love short-form videos so much? This short (non-video) article explains not only why we love it, but how our shrinking attention spans suit the endless scroll to which we’ve almost all become addicted.
Oh, and this means you and your organization should be doing more short-form video this year.
What Church Trends Are Disrupting Your Church?
Get your questions answered on next week’s Live Coaching Call!
So… which trends are disrupting your church already? And what are you and your team doing to navigate them?
This month’s Live Coaching Call inside The Art of Leadership Academy is next Tuesday, January 21st—and we’re doing a deep dive into everything 2025 church trends, especially the reality that evangelism is on life support.
You don’t have to sit around and figure this out on your own. Let’s navigate these pivotal decisions together and prepare your church for a year of growth, resilience, and impact in 2025.
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Hands down, this is one of the most formative books I have read in my entire ministry.
Eminently practical, this book doesn’t tell you how to grow your church but rather what to do when you reach certain attendance levels. This quite literally saved my sanity and helped us reach thousands more people.
“The common narrative is that kids learn faster than adults, but if you watch any toddler, they spend a large portion of the day attempting things that are on the edge of their ability.
How much time have you spent on the edge of your ability today?”
This week on the podcast, church planter Noah Herrin talks about high-growth church planting, creating a ministry model that leads with community over content, and how a 14-month-old church that attracts 700 people on a weekend has built a congregation with an average age of 25.
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