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Powerful things happen when your Mission meets your Messages in an intentional way.

There was a time when the average human considered a grain of sand the smallest object in the universe.

I am writing this on Pentecost Sunday evening. This morning I listened to the devotional on the Lectio 365 app, which by the way, if you don’t have it, you need it. Trust me. I was struck by Pete Greig’s quote from Dr. Chris Green, Professor of Public Theology at Southeastern University, Florida and Bishop of the Diocese of St. Anthony (CEEC): “Whatever we might've heard, Pentecost is not the story of devout believers lost in prayer, hidden away in an upper room, caught

At one point in my life, I found myself working as an engineer in a commercial recording studio in Cincinnati. On off-times, the owner let me use the then state-of-the-art 24-track room to record different friends and musicians. One was Tim Spransy, a fabulous guitarist—and equally amazing painter (visit his artwork here)—who had done a stint in the Christian rock band Servant back in the day. Tim had a moving, beautiful solo acoustic guitar song called Kristallnacht. You

Way back in 1982, an eclectic documentary came to theaters: Koyaanisqatsi. Scored with a hypnotic Philip Glass soundtrack, it was unsettling in its barrage of images. Filled with time-lapse photography of busy city streets, subways, and factories—and having no dialogue—it reflected the meaning of its title: a Hopi word meaning "life out of balance." I remember seeing it at the Esquire Theater in Clifton in Cincinnati. Much like the film, I’ve wondered what it would look

Maybe it’s time we leaders reconsider how we think about power. In relationships. In politics. In culture. In organizations.

Taking a hard look—both philosophically and practically—at our church systems that not only denigrate our fellow image-bearers but limit ministry outcomes is the work of leadership.

A recent article in Forbes reported on the growing divide between leaders of organizations and their employees. It made the point that the billions of dollars corporations spend on leadership development is missing a key aspect when preparing people for senior positions and what they need once they are in those positions. The report first noted that employee engagement is continuing to drop, according to the latest Gallup surveys. As you might guess, this is not good: t