Credentials for ministry leaders: make it coached

I’ve been working with a few groups on ways to revamp their credentialing or ordination process– essentially, how to prepare ministers for ministry. This week on my blog I’m reflecting on some of my general thoughts in this topic. Some form of coaching or...

Credentials for ministry leaders: make it clear

I’ve been working with a few groups on ways to revamp their credentialing or ordination process– essentially, how to prepare ministers for ministry. This week on my blog I’m reflecting on some of my general thoughts in this topic. The first thing that’s critical...
When your expectations exceed God’s expectations

When your expectations exceed God’s expectations

When your expectations exceed God’s expectations, you’re setting yourself up for frustration and failure. Jesus said, “I have accomplished the work you set out for me to do” (John 17:4). Yet all sorts of things were still left undone. Was Jesus successful? He was...

It takes a village

Jesus is the only one with all of the spiritual gifts. That’s why one-to-one discipleship often doesn’t work– at least not in isolation. The body of Christ corporately has all that a new believer needs to grow toward maturity. Do you remember the charts years...

A boring question that’s really creative

A few weeks ago I joked to the missional church group I lead that we were going to start with a really creative question this time. Then I went on to ask the same question we open the group with every week: “How did you experience God this week?” Every single week we...