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The power of liturgy
Back in earlier centuries when the literacy rate was low, liturgy was employed regularly and frequently. The use of stories, pictures, and repeated refrains helped provide ways for people to understand and remember God—it was a hook for them to hang things on. In many...
Everyone loves free stuff
Have you checked out the free stuff section of my website lately? There’s an article on there called The Path for Developing Missional Leaders and Planters. If you’re looking for a way to develop leaders—a way that’s not a shortcut or a quick fix, but a way that will...
The 10:2b virus
Luke 10:2b: “Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Excerpt from Neil Cole’s excellent book Organic Leadership: As I mentioned in Organic Church, I have actually set my mobile phone alarm to go off at 10:02 every morning...
One of my “oh-duh” moments
A while back I was talking with a woman who is a world class intercessor about the development of a prayer ministry. My leadership gifts were kicking into gear, and I was thinking, “Okay, we need prayer. So how do we go about creating a system for making that happen?...
Caution: sharp edges
I got this email from a friend in response to one of my previous blog posts. I particularly like the line in small print at the very bottom of this sign. Bob, I loved the picture of the sign you had on your blog, so I had to share my favorite sign. I didn’t take the...
Three simple questions to transform your group
Are you leading a group? Most Christian leaders are facilitating a group of some kind. Why not try something different to breathe some new life into it? Try asking these three questions of the people in your group: • How are you experiencing God? • How is God...
Going to extremes
In my years of working with many different types of groups, I’ve found that there are two extremes to avoid when it comes to planning. One is simply going into all-out planning mode where we think through our project on the human side, make all the decisions, then...
Do something
Someone once criticized D.L. Moody for his evangelism methods. His response: “I like my way of doing evangelism better than your way of not doing evangelism.” It’s like that with discipleship too. Sometimes we multiply so many options that we don’t do anything at all....
Making discipleship doable
Jesus said to make disciples—that’s a command for all believers. Therefore, whatever we do to make disciples needs to be doable by everyone. Let’s not make it complicated. Keep it simple and reproducible so that everyone can do it and everyone can teach others to do...
7 keys to the healing of personal woundedness
Transfer of identity: We must be made to see our value in the redeeming work of Christ. Building bridges: Safe relationships where mutual transparency and unconditional love are practiced. Challenge: Stimulating one another to actively confront issues of woundedness...
Sorting the soils
In many of the times I address groups of church leaders, I recommend that they invest at least 20% of their time in sponsoring and supporting missional ministries and pilot projects. If leaders agree to do that, the most common question then is how—how do you start?...
Parallel paths
As I’ve been thinking lately about the whole stretch of road between living incarnationally as individuals and leading a multiplying movement of churches, I’ve tried to identify all the steps along the way and how they fit together. So far I’ve come up with four...