Making Disciples Digitally
Utilizing digital space as a pathway to richer real-life relationships with God and others through digital disciple-making.
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5 Tips for Leading in Exceptional Times
What began as a major disruption has become a way of life. Not permanently, but for an open-ended and unknown duration of time. COVID-19 has changed our world. • Remember when shaking someone’s hand was normal?• Remember when sitting in a packed movie theater or crowded concert was a fun night out?• Remember when masks … Continued
4 Tools the Pandemic Has Uncovered for Special-Needs Ministry
For my family, social isolation isn’t much different from normal life. Because of my son’s social anxiety related to his autism, drive-throughs are our normal way of eating out. We rarely get invited to other people’s houses. And even though my church is one of the approximately 30% of churches in the country that offer … Continued
Dave Gibbons: The Seismic Shift in Church Already HappenedBefore COVID-19
Ready to get back to normal? Church on Sundays, small groups, well-oiled programs and a professional staff as the focus. We may now even have some hubris because we believe we have beefed up our online streaming and social platform muscle during this downturn and downtime. But are you seeing that a seismic shift in church […]
Digital-Savvy Churches See Consistent Giving During Pandemic
Givelify has released a new report that explores how giving to churches has changed during the pandemic. Giving In Faith: How Coronavirus Widened the Digital Divide found that nearly 55% of faith-based organizations—particularly those that are digitally savvy—experienced consistent or increased giving levels during the pandemic. Throughout COVID-19, places of worship have played a critical … Continued
Why Your Time Off Isn’t De-Stressing You
Let me guess. You feel like you really need to de-stress. 2020 has been unreal, and almost unbelievably trying—far different than any year you’ve led through before. Every leader I talk to is tired. Well, more than just tired. Stressed. Deeply stressed. And kind of exhausted. There’s a fatigue that comes with crisis that’s a … Continued
8 Reasons Some Pastors Are Finding Renewed Hope During COVID
Recently, I wrote an article about why some pastors will likely resign when the “normal” returns after COVID. Here, I want to look at the other side of this story—pastors who may have been discouraged prior to COVID but are now finding new zeal in their pastorate. Here are some reasons they’re finding renewed hope: … Continued
5 Tips for Young Leaders in the Church
I spend a good amount of my ministry investing in younger leaders and I love it, because it fuels me to know something I’ve learned—often through trial and error—might help another leader avoid my mistakes. 5 NUGGETS OF WISDOM FOR YOUNG LEADERS 1. The more specific you are the more other people can help you. … Continued
Preaching Truth Even When It’s Not Popular
Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encouragewith great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching […] This article discusses the importance of preaching unpopular truth even when faced with societal pressure.
The 5 Most Popular Brain Myths Debunked
These days, talk about brains fills magazine articles, PBS specials, radio programs and popular journals. A growing number of fields of study see a focus on the brain as the key to understanding everything else in their purview. The benefits of our knowledge of the brain to human health have been enormous, and the future […] These popular brain myths debunked offer a clearer perspective.
