Voices
20 Truths From ‘God Shines Forth’
I had the privilege or reading a pre-release version of "God Shines Forth: How the Nature of God Shapes and Drives the Mission of the Church." Here are 20 quotes from the book, which you should pick up.
Pastors
Disarming a Weaponized Church: Moving Forward Amid Turmoil in the UMC
The United Methodist Church currently feels like a war zone. But the way forward is to “beat our swords into plowshares” (Isaiah 2:4) on the anvil of compassion. Here are three principles that can guide us.
Voices
5 Reasons Leaders Finish Poorly
I am often in meetings where questions about the future of the evangelical movement are raised.
Voices
20 Truths About the Strength of Small Churches
Here are 20 truths from Ron Klassen's new book, "Maximize: Leveraging the Strengths of Your Small Church."
Voices
Online Church is a Tool, Not the Goal— Embodied Community is the Goal
There’s a difference between a church having a presence online and “Church Online.” By that, I mean that every internet broadcast of a Sunday worship service is not necessarily meant to be an online church.
Voices
The ‘Dangerous’ Calling of Evangelical Ecumenism
Evangelical ecumenism is ultimately about learning to find agreement where suspicion or hostility once existed.
The Exchange
Three Scenes: The Open Secret in Christian Adoption Circles and Why It Matters to the Church
In the last two decades, I’ve met countless people who, even though they don’t feel personally called to be adoptive parents, are nevertheless excited about adoption.
Voices
God’s Mission Has a Church: My Interview With Tabletalk Magazine
God's mission has a church. My friends at Tabletalk asked me to do an interview a few years back. Here is our conversation.