When trouble comes—and it will come!—faith in the God who is at work in the world must be at the center of our attention.
Although we say we are practicing obedience to God’s voice, we may be practicing something else altogether.
Congregational leaders can study congregational life, the decline of Christianity, and the aging of their church, yet they miss the most important thing of all.
Hope is the thing. Not wishful thinking about a job raise or whether your football team will win, but Hope as the Christian vision for the living of our days.
Before we ask people to do more in our churches, we need to make sure that what we are asking them to do creates identity, community, meaning, and purpose.