Why and How Multicultural Leadership Strengthens You, Your Team and the Faith
Having diverse leadership, first, gives us the opportunity to experience more of what we will experience in eternity.
Getting Past Inertia: Three Simple Tips for Sharing Our Faith
At the end of the day, no packed schedule or professional pursuit should get in the way of our willingness to obey the Great Commission and see people trust in Jesus.
Don’t Dismiss Abuse: People Matter More than Institutions
If we believe in the worth and dignity of all human beings—both male and female—as image bearers of the living God, then we know full well the work that must be done.
Assimilation & Our Churches: Do We Do It Well?
Assimilating the church can be like staffing a nursery but the goal is to be so outrageously biblical that everybody sees it as a dream that is only possible with God’s full engagement with people fully engaged with him.
Should Our Smaller Church Be Growing?
Many American Christians have this idea that if a church is big, it must be better. Not necessarily. Our obsession with “bigness” can be a reflection of American values, rather than biblical ones.
Pastors, Here’s a Novel Idea: Invite Newcomers to Lunch
How do we treat those visiting or relatively new to our churches in ways that make them know we are glad they came?
No, Christians Don’t Use Joseph and Mary to Explain Child Molesting Accusations
Christians don't use Joseph and Mary to explain child molesting accusations.
3 Ways Pastors and Church Leaders Undermine Themselves on Social Media
It makes me sad when I see Christian leaders vying for the attention of people on social media when all they really want to do is make themselves look important.
The Great Divide (in the Church) in 2016, and Why It Still Matters
It is one thing to differ and debate cultural issues, and even values, but it is another to judge a person’s standing with God based on which candidate he or she supported.
Good Leaders Lead Well at Home
Try not to speak ill of the ministry or the people to my kids.