Nov 22, 20222 minWhat'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...
Nov 15, 20222 minThe Secret of Servant LeadershipOf the four essential elements that every leader must exercise—Integrity, Passion, Servanthood, and Imagination—Servanthood seems like it...
Sep 27, 20223 minAre 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...
Aug 16, 20223 minRon Sider, Justice & GenerosityRecently I learned of Ron Sider’s death at 82 from sudden cardiac arrest. Fifteen years ago I had him speak at our church and took him...
Dec 7, 20212 min“Values, meet Strategy.”In the early days of our church, founding pastor Steve Sjogren coined a simple phrase for people to use in basic “servant evangelism”...
Aug 11, 20212 minWhere the Revolution BeginsErnest Gordon was a Christian, author and former dean of Princeton Seminary who died a couple of decades ago. Gordon was the inspiration...
Aug 3, 20213 minHow To Dream...After years of working with churches, we’re finding that the Imagination element is typically the least exercised of the four critical...
May 11, 20212 minSpiritual Vitality...and AgeYears ago we identified 4 critical elements all healthy churches practiced, regardless of size or stripe: Integrity: systems, processes,...