Acts 15 provides a witness to the 21st century church, revealing a way forward in a religious world that doesn’t notice how big the tent actually is.
A (Humorous) Look at Human Resources for Churches
One minister shares candid insights from years of navigating churches’ interviewing and hiring processes.
The Deaf: The Most Unreached, Unengaged People Group
Do you ever wonder why it is that so many Deaf people do not know Jesus?
One Thing Never Changes!
In a time when things are changing rapidly, the one thing that brings order in the chaos is the thing that does not change.
The Importance of Story
Stories are what it means to be human. Our brains are bent to creating a narrative to explain and quantify what we encounter.
Spiral of Silence
Have you been in a small group discussion but felt unable to give your opinion?
O Be Careful, Little Eyes
All of us are conditioned to see the world in certain ways. We are taught to see some things, and not others.
Hide and Seek
It’s a strange thing when we put God in the role of the hider and us in the role of the finder. That’s not the biblical story at all.
Jonah and the Second Word of the Lord
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.