I am 58 years old (soon), and this morning I am speaking to my peers in my own age group because we have an important choice before us. The old ways are no longer working. Church is no longer attractional: “If we put on a really good service and offer really...
A man has been leading one of the 10-week groups we’ve been doing in the transition center. The other day he told me that last night he had one of the residents—a woman in recovery—leading it. “I didn’t tell her that’s what she was doing, but she was leading it. She’d...
How do you recover from the wounds received when people hurt you? Too often people—including Christian leaders—let the wounds fester until they become infected. Here’s a different strategy. Although the medicine may taste bitter, it leads to long-term healing....
Here’s an exercise I use sometimes to resort my priorities. It’s like unpacking grocery sacks. Take everything you’re currently doing out of the bag and examine it. Pray and get clarity on your priorities. Then only reload those items into the bag that apply to...
Even when people have made a commitment to serve on a team, life keeps happening anyway. Sometimes things come up that prevent them from serving for a while: illness, personal issues that need to be dealt with, the care of an elderly parent. How do you provide care...
Often as churches we can either get sucked into needs and forget evangelism, or just focus on making disciples without meeting needs. How can we do both strategically without one side taking over the other? One easy way is to network with groups that are already...
