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Creating Great Church Guest First Impressions

How you treat people who are new to your church can be the difference between your church growing or getting stuck.

Rediscover the Wonder of Christmas

Many years before the birth of Jesus Christ, God becoming a child, there was a prophecy in Isaiah 9:2, 6­­–7 that declared the coming of this child as the hope and wonder of this world.

Why Leaders Lead With Prayer

Imagine attempting to lead without strength, without guidance, and without defense. Personally, I would consider it both terrifying and utterly futile.

Why Unmarried Should Not Mean Alone

Marriage is not the only way God provides for our need for community.

Wide Awake

Deep change cannot be effectively pursued without deep consciousness and deep understanding of the world as it actually is.

How Would Martin Luther King Jr.’s Message Be Received Today?

Would King’s 'Letter From a Birmingham Jail' speak as powerfully to our current culture?

5 Reasons Ministry Is So Stressful Right Now

An honest look at the state of leadership and need for self-care today

What You Need to Know About Reaching the Nones

Understanding the religiously unaffiliated

The Problem in Our Backyard

What churches need to know about modern day slavery and what they can do to fight it.

7 Things I Expect for the Church in the New Year

My predictions for the church this year

How Can We Seek Revival?

We desperately need revival, but how do we seek it?