Interviews

Tanita Maddox: Showing Up for Gen Z

There are just so many things that are compelling about the triune God and the way that triune God has enacted redemption for us and continues to sanctify us after we follow him. We just have to pull the contextualization out for our young people so they can see it on their terms.

Megan Fate Marshman: Everyday Grace

While influence tends to want to go upwards and grow to the right, I am fighting to go down to the left, and it takes a lot of intentionality.

Nirup Alphonse: It Starts With Hospitality

The point of hospitality is not to entertain; it is to tell a better story and invite people into the story of God. That's what people need. That's what they're longing for. They want to be a part of that story. And that story is transforming. That story is eternal. That story is enduring. That story is faithful.

What I'm Learning: Lead from the Inside Out

Kevin Harney: "I have learned that I accomplish far more in six days of labor than in seven."

What I’m Learning: Pastors Need Friends, Too

Karl Vaters: "The most important lesson I've learned in recent years is to be a member of my church, not just its pastor."

Randy Frazee: Macromanage From Mission

“Macromanage from a clear mission, vision, values and plan, and you don't have to wear yourself out micromanaging.”

What I'm Learning: You Just Have to Rest

Anne Marie Miller: "We cannot be dependent on ourselves and dependent on God at the same time."

Heath Burris: The Opportunity of Discipleship

"True success cannot always be seen from the outside."

What I'm Learning: My Best Advice on Soul-Care

Larry Osborne: "The best advice I’ve ever received was that I had nothing to prove and no one to impress."

Jackie White: Beyond the Pulpit, Outside the Walls

"We do a poor job representing Christ when all we do is preach."

Lee Powell: When God Is at Work

“Is there real, genuine community happening in life groups? Are the baptisms real conversions? You have to keep asking all those questions.”