Articles for Outreach & Missions

How Do I Show Hospitality When I’m Single?

Hospitality as a single can be surprising. I find that people in the church are often surprised to see a single person practicing hospitality.  I’ve never understood why.

4 Steps to Not Overreact to the Disgruntled Attendee

As a leader you are forced to make decisions, and if your church or company is bigger than you, these decisions will inevitably be upsetting to someone--the disgruntled attendee for one. Decisions have a way of upsetting the status quo.

How to Minister to Women Who’ve Lost a Child

Your friend just lost a baby. What do you do? How can you help?

Think You Don’t Need a Church to Know Jesus? Think Again

If you think you don’t need a church to know Jesus, then you don’t understand how the body works. The body only works when it is connected. We are interdependent.

3 Reasons I Won’t Say the Pledge of Allegiance

There’s no anti-American sentiment here, only a desire to communicate an important change that has happened to me in the last few years.

The Experience Economy

We are seeing the experience economy take root as never before. Let's put forward an experiential faith.

10 Signs Your Church Plant Is in Trouble

Check this list to find out if your church plant is in serious trouble.

How to Fight Pornography … and Win

Pornography raises many questions, but two of the most simple are also the most important. Why fight temptations? And how?