I can’t help but wonder what it would look like to be someone who obeyed the first time the word of the Lord came to me.
The Wool We Wear (Part 2)
“Find the lost sheep!” we cry in our pre-rescue briefing, night-vision goggles on and machetes raised.
Help Me Pass On My Faith to My Grandchildren
As grandparents, we can—and should—be active in the spiritual formation of our grandchildren.
The Subject of Our Fears: Finding Faith in an Anxious World
The hope of Christianity embraces a world of hopelessness. Ours is the most real hope of all, because death sits at its center.
Awkward Conversations are Better than Raccoons in Your Attic
The avoidance is only going to allow time for more damage.
All of You is Welcome Here
To love is to invite each other to bring our full selves and all of our experiences to the relationship.
Back from Death: A New England Church’s Story of Revitalization
Hope continued to rise as we engaged with new people in the community.
Three Dimensions of Leadership for Growing (and Dying) Churches!
Leaders who practice these three dimensions will be well positioned to act as dynamic partners with God in kingdom activity.
Church As Family
The New Testament gives us a number of different metaphors for the church, but one of the most enduring pictures is that of family.
Ministry of Reconciliation, Part 3: Three Commitments to Move Us Further
We offer three crucial commitments that are essential to any attempt to move closer toward the goal of racial reconciliation in the church.
What to Do When There Is Nothing You Can Do
May we never lose sight of those who are right before us—the ones who need someone to see their pain, cry with them, and simply be with them.
The End Is the Beginning
Even as some churches are dying, the kin-dom of God is not dying. We are not powerful enough to kill the redemptive movement of bringing humanity into fuller relationship with God.
Time Keeps on Slippin' ... Or Does It?
The Bible portrays time as a series of connected loops, each one taking us back to the past, even as it moves us into the future.
Legends of Yesterday
In a time of terror, when darkness terrorized the nations, there was a monster—a literal, blood-sucking monster. The world needed a hero.
The Wool We Wear: A Series on Shepherding Well (Part 1)
Any Christian, of any measure of maturity, is called to model Christ as shepherd.
Your Church Needs a Domestic Violence Policy
Our tendency to leave our pastoral protocol undefined produces more sorrow than biblical faithfulness.
I Have Seen Living Proof of the Resurrection
The same power that raised Jesus from the dead has raised us to new life. And we are changing, becoming righteous by that power.
The Melody of Our Hearts: Praying the Psalms
The Psalms teach us to battle with God, praise God, thank God, scream at God, and feel with God.
Ministry of Reconciliation, Part 2: Greatest Challenges in Our Worship Practices
The primary challenge I see is pursuing racial reconciliation and not just racial integration.
The Blessing of Blessing
What would it mean if parents, youth leaders, children’s ministers, and whoever else wants to, took seriously the idea of blessing?