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The Easter Illusion

Easter exposes the gap between attendance and belonging, between membership and engagement, between connection and discipleship.

Living and Leading Above the Warning Signs

We can’t lead well from last year’s spiritual fuel. We need a fresh touch from God today.

A Personal Approach to Go and Make Disciples in 2026

Let’s face it: If our people who are believers can’t clearly articulate the basics of the gospel, we must be teaching them something else as more important.

Planting a Sending Church

Your church is not just for your neighborhood, but for the nations.

Making Wise Leadership Decisions

It is often a judgment call of whether to say yes or no.

Spiritual Backstories

Churches can be places where followers of Christ carefully listen to and pray through people’s life stories with empathy, guiding them toward hope and healing through spiritual backstories.

A Legacy of People-Building

A life spent helping people is a beautiful life

How Do You Know if the Holy Spirit moving?

Too many prayer-focused Christians lock themselves in a room, claim to get filled with the Holy Spirit moving, but then never go out of their prayer closets to share the Good News.

Is Your Church Stuck?

Some church leaders question whether asking numerical numbers borders on the idolatry of numbers. Others simply don’t worry about attendance numbers.

7 Reasons I Love Evangelists

Discover the reasons I love evangelists: how those with the gift of evangelism can inspire the rest of us.

Giving the Absolute Minimum

Love God. Love your neighbor. That’s it. The absolute minimum for faith in action.