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One hour a week that makes a difference
My friend Marilyn volunteers one hour a week to read with students at a low-income school through the national “Everybody Wins!” program. Here’s what she writes about her experience: “This is what I do every Wednesday at noon (Everybody Wins! LA) at nearby Leo Politi...
Webinar: Nonlinear Discipleship
Are you feeling stuck in your discipleship methods? Do you feel like what you’re trying just doesn’t seem to be producing the results you’d hoped for? I’ve got a new webinar coming up that’s geared toward helping find a new approach—nonlinear discipleship. During this...
Who says you can’t do it all?
The Ethiopia ACT Project provides an example of holistic ministry stunning in its breadth. They provide medical care for people with HIV/AIDS, they share the gospel and pray with people, they train HIV-positive patients to teach others how to adhere to the medication,...
Real-Life Discipleship
I recently picked up a copy of Real-Life Discipleship by Jim Putman and was glad to see all of the practical help for making discipleship work in everyday churches. While he lays out the specifics of how his own church practices disciplemaking, he doesn’t stipulate...
The Missional Challenge
I’ve been working with Dave DeVries on the development of missional resources, and I’ve enjoyed reading his blog. Good observations like this one: As believers take steps to focus on meeting needs beyond the walls of the church, it's important to consider how those...
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...