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Souls Settled, Hands Moving: Joy and Urgency in Following Jesus

Don’t just find joy in what God does through you. Find joy in what He’s done for you. Results may rise and fall. Attendance fluctuates. Seasons change.

Fight the Good Fight

Some things that happen in ministry are so absurd that if we can’t laugh, the weight will crush our soul.

3 People Every Pastor Needs

When my friend Jim and I get together, we discuss everything from my personal finances to how to harness our driven personalities, and how to make a greater impact for the kingdom.

Stop Making ‘Christian’ Things

Jesus didn't make Christian furniture. He made good furniture.

The Only Firm Foundation

When God provided you with a foundation in Jesus, he had every one of your life’s storms in mind.

13 Things We Learned During COVID

Leadership lessons to carry into the next season

The Myth of the ‘Undeserving’ Poor

Why asking if people in need are ‘deserving’ or ‘undeserving’ is the wrong question

The Self-Deception of Self-Improvement

Why the promise of self-improvement is false.

Will This Season Be a Moment or a Movement for Justice?

"Our hope, then, must be marked by a courage which compels us to stand up amid apathy and violence and be counted among the disturbers of a false peace."

Where Are You Finding Your Identity?

Finding our identity when the places we would go to give us a sense of who we are are taken from us

How to Reach the People Who Have Stopped Attending

5 approaches churches are using to bring people back