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Jan 17
2 min

The Evolution of Language

The other day I happened to notice a poster about a Big New Blockbuster Movie coming out. The top line on the poster read: “Only in...

Nov 28, 2022
3 min

Dogpaddling with Dolphins

I’ve been on both sides of a lead pastor transition. Years before serving in the lead pastor role at our church, everyone on...

Nov 22, 2022
2 min

What's Your Attitude Indicator?

So here’s an idea as we move into the Thanksgiving holiday… Paul’s short letter to the Philippian church underscored his belief that...

Oct 12, 2022
3 min

What Really Counts for Worship?

In the tribe that I pastored in, creating space for worship was very important. It typically meant the musical part of the service, where...

Sep 27, 2022
3 min

Are Apologetics Dead?

Don’t get me wrong: apologetics are important. From the launch of the Church in Acts 2, Christians have proclaimed the uniqueness of...

Sep 6, 2022
3 min

VBS…an Emergent Problem?

The Integrity value is one of four key elements we’ve identified as being absolutely essential for the health and effectiveness of any...

Jul 19, 2022
2 min

Changing the “Routine Paradigm”

At one time I had my Christian life neatly prioritized. It was: first, God. Second, family. And third, work…specifically, my work as a...

Jul 5, 2022
2 min

Leadership Is Crucial, But...

Leadership is crucial, but not all leaders are the same. Over the last few decades there has been an emphasis on church leadership, with...

Jun 14, 2022
2 min

How Big Is The Church?

Play along with me for a minute and let’s use our imagination. If a twenty-something artist named Michelangelo could create something as...

May 3, 2022
4 min

Does Anyone Hate Me?

There are many things that Christians are doing in the postmodern era that are exemplary, often ignored by the media. For instance, the...

Mar 23, 2022
2 min

What's Your Leadership Perspective?

I recently came across a fascinating geographical factoid. The writer at The Acadian Ideal overlayed the Mediterranean Sea map on top of...

Mar 1, 2022
2 min

Leadership Under Fire

Pray for Ukraine. The recent Russian invasion of Ukraine has been overwhelmingly condemned by world leaders, baffled by Putin’s shocking...

Jan 17, 2022
3 min

The Danger of Moderation

I’m writing this on MLK Day. The non-violent protests for voting rights in the 1960’s, particularly in Alabama, had raised the ire of...

Jan 5, 2022
3 min

The Future, Funerals, and Mentoring? All in One Post...

At the start of a new year, rather than thinking about resolutions and future-thinking, I prefer to first mentally review the past year:...

Dec 14, 2021
2 min

What Do Leaders Pray?

How do leaders pray? Or more specifically, what do leaders pray? If our ultimate leader in this Kingdom movement is Jesus, how and what...

Oct 27, 2021
2 min

Jesus and The Really Big Idea

One day while working in Ephesus, the apostle Paul dictated a letter to a terrifically dysfunctional church he had founded earlier. In it...

Sep 22, 2021
2 min

Are You More Important Than You Think?

“No one in my master’s house is more important than I am.” ~Joseph (Genesis 39:9a CEV). It seems the fall of prominent Christian leaders...

Sep 15, 2021
2 min

Searching for Significance

In the decades that I’ve been following Jesus, I’ve met numbers of people who have questioned how they’ve spent their time after...

Aug 3, 2021
3 min

How To Dream...

After years of working with churches, we’re finding that the Imagination element is typically the least exercised of the four critical...

Jul 16, 2021
2 min

So What Does A Coach Do? Depends.

In my years of coaching pastors, I’ve found that the conversation will inevitably drift into one of three tracks that will determine what...