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The Top 4 Predictions for 2021!

The closing of a year typically engenders a reflective look back and some prognostication for the next one. I would prefer to not look...

The Problem With Shepherds

Think about this: the most important event in human history happens and who learns about it first? Shepherds. Of course. The guys on the...

Flatlining on the Status Quo

At one point in my pastoring, we purchased a demographic study based on a ten-mile radius of our church. It was filled with extremely...

And Now For Something Different: Spiritual Conflict

Though I’ve never really spoken about it publicly, the church I pastored had a number of run-ins with disturbed people. When you open...

Imagination & Change: 3 Big Leadership Questions

According to some neuropsychologists, part of the way our brain functions in order to not burn out is by creating neural pathways so as...