Features

Take a Tech Break

Try consciously counting how many times you reach for [your phone] even in a single hour.

When ‘Equipping’ Isn’t Enough

If our churches’ equipping efforts stop at ‘learn, repeat,’ essentially, we are training parrots.

Kyle Strobel: Power in Weakness

“Christians should become powerful Christians. But it’s only ever a power made perfect in our weakness, and it’s only ever a power that comes from God.”

When We Excuse Sin

Little things mean a lot.

How to Block Growth

I was once asked to help a church process how to get younger people to attend. After we discussed some change recommendations a man pulled me aside and said, "Son, we don't need no fancy ideas around here. We like being a small church."

10 Things I Want Younger Leaders to Know

Wisdom from an older leader

The Titan Disaster: A Collection of Reflections

May the "God of all comfort" be with those who lost loved ones aboard Titan. I pray that those on board called on the Lord, and if they did, I know the Lord heard them.

Mobilize Your Young People to Lead

Now is the time to mobilize your congregation and your youth group to advance the gospel. Now is the time to energize your people to share the cure for racism, division, confusion, and delusion.

7 Guiding Principles for Advancing Peace

Help a divided world meet in the middle

Set Your Heart on What’s Important over What’s Urgent

Missed opportunities begin as exceptions, then become a habit, and the next thing we know, our children are gone and we wonder what we could have built into their lives if only we'd realized how important and fleeting our time with them was.

Allowing the Holy Spirit to Lead the Way

There are two great dangers in the life of a church leader. Leading from your own power and assuming it’s all up to God's power.