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The Imagination-Irrelevance Connection

Of the four elements that our Elemental Group assesses for organizational health and effectiveness is one that we find most overlooked:...

Oct 31, 20232 min read

I had someone ask me if I leaned more Reformed or Arminian theologically. I said yes…and I wasn’t trying to be clever. I have a feeling...

Oct 24, 20233 min read

One of the most troubling questions I heard repeatedly as a pastor was, “Why didn’t God answer my prayers?” Try out this metaphor:...

Oct 17, 20233 min read

Way back in 1984, I stepped into a living room with 20 people and fell in love with a new churchplant. Thirty years later I gave my last...

Oct 10, 20232 min read

Most of our life is spent trading up. It’s kind of like the stuffed animal prizes in the rip-off games at amusement parks—you can keep...

Oct 3, 20233 min read