Courage for Monotony
American christians, oddly similar to the culture around us, seem perpetually drawn to bigger, better, and more. We long for the miraculous and disdain the mundane. We struggle to reconcile Jesus’ promise of an abundant
American christians, oddly similar to the culture around us, seem perpetually drawn to bigger, better, and more. We long for the miraculous and disdain the mundane. We struggle to reconcile Jesus’ promise of an abundant
At the moment I’m writing this, we only have 498 days left until the next Olympic Games. I love the Olympics (like borderline-obsession-love), and I’m pretty sure you should too. The precision of skill and
This article serves us well in reminding us how we are to engage the culture during this political season. Let these wise words from Pastor Ronnie encourage us to show Christ to people on all sides
Part One In the previous post, we discovered that churches come with splash zones. When leaders take a moral dive, the painful effects spray some and soak others. We examined three common and understandable reactions
Part Two During my years of working with pastors and churches, I’ve occasionally been called upon to assist a church in crisis. Some situations I’ve handled adequately; others, probably not so much. But success and
When two pastors meet for the first time, the same question always comes up: How big is your church? And I get it. How else is a pastor supposed to determine if he’s a success
Sound boring? You’re preaching to the choir. As a pre-teen, my father tasked me with regularly mowing an acre of grass with a push mower. He claimed, “It will build character.” Well, Dad, I’m not
The following article was written by Mike Bullmore and was given to me at a conference that I attended where Mike was speaking. To hear more from Mike Bullmore, please check out the interview I had
As a leader, your heart breaks. It’s someone close to you – maybe a church member, a dear friend, a sibling, or even one of your kids. You love them, but you hate their choices.
An email appeared in my box the other day with a question bursting with relevance: “I’m brand new to the game of weekly preaching and I would love to hear how you plan your sermon
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