Is Weekend Attendance Your Only Metric?
For 30 years the primary indicator of health in churches is weekend attendance. The challenge is that healthy things aren’t the only things that grow.
Multisite Church – An Idea Come of Age
As it approaches the end of its third decade, multisite church has become the mainstream idea for healthy, growing churches of all kinds and sizes.
The Daily Examen — A Path To a Deeper Life in Christ
Every day, up to eight times a day, I silently perform a 1-3 minute spiritual ritual that is – quite literally – changing me. It’s called the Daily Examen.
Pastors Face a Crisis of Trust
A Pew survey found that 69% of people believe that religious leaders act unethically some, if not all, of the time. Pastors face a crisis of trust.
You Aren’t A Slave – So stop Acting Like One!
Some things require more than mere “behavior modification.” Real transformation has to start with identity.
“Life Sucks” vs. The Secret of Contentment
It will always be true that life sucks, but we serve a Lord that has accomplished all things in life, and death, and he is our rock and salvation.
Why “Church Leadership” is NOT a Dirty Word
The more I have written about church leadership the more critics would email to say I shouldn’t. I shouldn’t tie leadership and the church together so closely. People have said I focus too much on church leadership and not enough on Jesus.
Are You Preaching The Foolishness of God?
The Apostle Paul uttered the inspired phrase, “the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom . . .” So why are we still obsessed with man’s wisdom?
Mel Robbins’ 5 Second Rule is a Godsend for Church Planters
The 5 second rule is that you have roughly a 5 second period to perform an action before your mind will pull you out of it and stop you. The reason the mind stops you is because it naturally makes us take action for survival and comfort as a self defense mechanism.
Self-Care Is Not Selfish
I am still inching out of the darkness of a chronic illness, and I haven’t unearthed all the lessons learned. But one lesson presented itself even before the light was visible.And it’s this: self-care is not selfish.
