Aaron Marcelli | July 30, 2012
Occasionally I see a ministry position I find appealing and send my resume. This usually results in the church asking for a sermon sample. Up until recently all I had was a few old CDs of messages I was not especially proud of. Thankfully, the great tech team from Rock Bridge Community Church was willing [...]
Aaron Marcelli | July 19, 2012
“Because of all your yelling and making fun of my opinions I will now believe what you do.” “I understand that I’m important to you even though you’re checking your IPhone every time you’re with me.” “It’s really attractive that you think you’re important.” “Telling me I’m wrong makes me want to listen to you.” [...]
Aaron Marcelli | May 23, 2012
Call people names – If you tell people things long enough (and loud enough) they begin to believe it. This applies to telling people they are stupid, morons, ignorant or Canadian. Feel free to use this tactic when argued into a corner. Make up stats – 72% of stats are made up on the spot [...]
Aaron Marcelli | May 2, 2012
I was filling out some email interview questions (which by the way, I don’t get why more companies don’t do this) for a potential ministry job when I got stuck. I was used to the normal questions about myself, my beliefs, and my experience. But then I read a question that said, what kind of [...]
Aaron Marcelli | April 19, 2012
From being involved in more and more leadership circles a trend I have noticed is the incredible amount of focus that gets put on a leader. I’ve seen this in classrooms, at conferences, in books, in big business, and in the church planting world. The focus of a lot of leadership training and strategy is [...]
Aaron Marcelli | February 28, 2012
I happened to see part of a Nick Cannon interview where he was talking about his personal life and charity work. The actor/comedian/singer/TV host caught my attention when he began talking about the power of celebrity. Cannon explained how his entertainment and business success has given him influence with some pretty big names in the [...]
Aaron Marcelli | January 30, 2012
Have you ever attended a church service, business meeting or political rally and found yourself riled up in anger as you left? Have you watched a news program or read a magazine article and found yourself upset afterward? If so, you may have fallen victim to what I see as an increasing trend of leadership [...]
Aaron Marcelli | October 14, 2011
For the past four years I have attended Rock Bridge Community Church in Dalton, Georgia where I sit under the preaching of Matt Evans. In the last year I have also made great use of preaching podcasts. If I’m in my car alone I’m probably listening to a downloaded sermon. My favor podcast preacher is [...]
Aaron Marcelli | October 10, 2011
In a relationship book my wife and I read earlier this year there was an entire chapter dedicated to the subject of self-talk. Whether we want to admit it or not, we are easily influenced. This is a consequence of being human. The way others act toward us and the words they say to and [...]
Aaron Marcelli | September 16, 2011
For a while I was frustrated at the low amounts of comments my blog was generating. Though the number of hits on my posts continued to increase, few if any people were taking the time to leave comments on my site. I have a pretty good number of followers who are subscribers to my blog [...]
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