Books

Avoid the ‘Fixing Trap’

Jesus didn’t come to fix us from afar. He came to walk with us.

How the Church Can Take the Lead in Suicide Prevention

"The church is for the broken. A church without the broken is a broken church."

How to Overcome Betrayal Trauma in Ministry

With their friends’ departures, pastors have had to recalibrate the very real cost of spiritual intimacy in doing life together.

Mixed Up Stories

The only way we can survive is by waiting. Waiting puts our attention in the right place. When we forget to wait, we become too distracted, too impatient, too angry to see God’s action. The stories that form the church are about God’s actions.

Acceptance of Life Changes Is Critical

I was dumbfounded. Could it be true? Could my experience two weeks earlier have prepped my heart and mind for what God had in store regarding acceptance of life changes?

Develop Community Connection Rather Than Just Collect Information

Before a guest enters the church, the church should think of ways to develop community connection with them beyond a one-time visit to a service.

Wake Up, Guys: The Church Sexual Ethics Problem

The church as an institution is sick. Some may object, Its not the church thats sick, its the culture! But the church should be better than the culture in this regard. As Christians, our first and primary concern should be the righteousness of the church community and addressing the church sexual ethics problem.

20th Annual Outreach Resources of the Year: Youth and Kids

Each part of the Apostles’ Creed is explained and illustrated with images that are culturally inclusive. This book would be a great daily resource for parents and youth ministry leaders to use. It will help to develop young believers.

Life Includes a Great Deal of Dealing with Life’s Suffering

While you may not experience long-term, intense depression or anxiety, there will very likely be a period of your life when you are dealing with life's suffering, feeling like a ghost haunting your own existence.

4 Reasons to Become a Church Revitalizer

A church revitalizer enters the church community understanding that they are called not to deconstruct the local church but to reconstruct the hopes and dreams of those members still sitting in the pew, offering a fresh perspective for church revitalization.

Begin With What You’ve Been Given: Growing in Faithfulness

We all like the idea of a stronger, slimmer body, or becoming proficient in a skill, or building more effective habits for more sustained productivity. But no transformation happens without starting the painful work of exercising whats weak and staying with it until it grows stronger, like growing in faithfulness.