Bruce Reyes-Chow

Over the past few months I’ve had the privilege of being part of two task forces charged with thinking about the future of the National Council of Churches in the USA in light of so many changes in the cultural, religious and ecumenical landscape in the United States. Easy peasy. Founded in 1950, the National Council of the [...]

As part of my commitment to a couple of book projects, this spring I am taking a personal blogging hiatus and have invited some folks to blog in my stead. It is my intention help share some new voices and perspectives with a larger audience and keep my blog active during my break. If you are interested in guest blogging, feel free to submit an idea. Today [...]

Every once in a while I like to give some public acknowledge to companies and services that I use on a regular basis.  Today, I want to give props to the online printing services, moo.com. I remember back in the day that one of the very first things I did when starting a new job was to [...]

As part of my commitment to a couple of book projects, this spring I am taking a personal blogging hiatus and have invited some folks to blog in my stead. It is my intention help share some new voices and perspectives with a larger audience and keep my blog active during my break. Today we welcome Emily Morgan [BLOG | TWITTER] and her open [...]

[Photo: drurydrama] Tickers, blue corners and close friends oh my. Yes, Facebook has done it again. Not since the great “Rounded Corners Kerfuffle of 2008″ has there been such an uproar over changes to the design and architecture of our beloved Facebook. I know that there are a variety of reactions to the recent changes, [...]

As many of you know May 29, 2011 will be my final Sunday as the pastor of Mission Bay Community Church, the church I helped to found 11+ years ago. The gratitude for who and what the people of MBCC have been in my life and the life of my family will forever be a [...]

[Photo: dolmansaxlil] A few weeks ago I posted the following facebook status update: Exercising my vast pastoral skilz today which included: fixing the wifi, rolling out the garbage bins and unclogging a toilet. The stories kept rolling in from folks who serve churches and have found great joy in the things that one does that not [...]

Purchase: Book | Kindle Charlene Li: Blog | Twitter Probably wouldn’t do much good to simply say, “Go get it right now!” but really that’s what I want to say.  After writing Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies with Josh Bernhoff, Charlene Li offers up a thoughtful book that helps folks to navigating all of [...]

A few weeks ago, I met with various General Assembly Staff in order to select the committee leadership for the 219th General Assembly.  This is a daunting task as I firmly believe that the committee leadership are vital in setting the tone for the committee work at General Assembly. Not only did I take into [...]

[image: theamarand] Thinking back to when I left the first church that I served, one of the most difficult aspects of that transition was helping folks come to an understanding of our past and future relationships.  Those sad and complex "But I thought you were my 'friend' and not just my pastor." conversations that were [...]

Block out the dayturn up your speakers and sharpen those twittering skilz because: In less than two weeks, THE NINES free online leadership event will be simulcasted and live-twittered via the magic of the interwebs right here at www.reyes-chow.com*. THE NINESDATE:09/09/09TIME: 9:09 CDTLOCATION: Right here![Event and Registration 411] A few weeks ago, one of my [...]

[image: tidefan] A couple of days ago, I posted the following FB status update: Bruce Reyes-Chow is thinking that one major "mistake" we make in leadership is trying too hard. What's on your list? By the end of the comment flurry there were 30+ comments with musings and additions ranging from how we train lay [...]

[image: kmevans] Okay, the title of this post is slightly over the top.  Sorry, just trying to be provocative   Technology, while it may do some harm in the wrong hands, it will not KILL the church.  We also know that survival is not the main aim of the church or the foundation of our [...]

[image: gret@lorenz] I have really been thinking a great deal lately about all these "movements" that are being talked about.  Obviously President Obama used the language in a larger social context, but throughout the church, we too are using "movement" language.  While I do love the power of the word, it does seem to be [...]