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The Justice of Community

Jesus the Son told His disciples, “The poor you will have with you always.” God the Father told Israel, “There will be no poor among...

The Problem With Excellence

I had a crazy front row seat watching a church grow from a house group to 6000+ people on a weekend. Whether that’s good or bad and...

Is Your Church Accessible?

Last week in a coaching session with a young pastor, we talked through some challenging decisions to make in her church as she’s about to...

To Creed or Not To Creed

Often in churches like the one I pastored years ago, we turned the mainstream view of “believe, then belong” upside down. That’s because...

Community in a Time of Covid

About 35 years ago, the Journal of Community Psychology featured a landmark article by David McMillan and David Chavis outlining four...

How Are You Communicating?

Many years ago I came across an old multi-volume set of John Wesley’s journals. I found his accounts fascinating. Meticulous, inspiring,...

Practicing “Withness” During a Crisis

This idea of “withness” is challenging in these sequestered times. Perhaps our Coronavirus-isolation is causing us to reconsider what’s...

Which Church Muscle Needs The Most Work?

And Which Can Atrophy the Fastest...? Every church has a handful of core mission-critical behaviors…and they typically center around...