Are We in the Midst of a Gen Z Awakening?
It’s not polished or loud, but if you listen closely, from university chapels in the U.S. to underground house churches in the Middle East, you’ll hear it: a hunger for truth, a yearning for something real.
Books
David Washington’s Top Books on Youth Ministry
Adolescence and teen years are a small window of time that will fundamentally shape who young people will become as adults. The church cannot afford to miss the opportunity to guide those under our care.
Tiffany Stein’s Top 5 Books on Grief
Tiffany Stein is an ordained minister who also serves as a fourth-grade teacher. She previously served as a women’s pastor and marriage and care director at Irving Bible Church in Dallas. Her first book, Mourning God: Grieving Loss, Wrestling With God, and Finding Your Way Back to Life (NavPress), comes out in March 2026. Here … Continued
Food for Thought
Shepherding the church has been and always will be theological at root.
When You Don’t Want to Read the Bible
You were ultimately made to respond to God’s heart. You were made to know the voice of the Good Shepherd, to lean on his care, to depend on his provisions, to trust in his protection. You were made to come running when your Father calls you home to sit at his table!
David Kinnaman: Start the Conversation
Church leaders must recognize that what feels hidden is actually hurting people, and that discipleship includes helping people break free from destructive patterns.
My Top 5 Books on Evangelism
The spiritual discipline of evangelism requires a faithful walk with the Lord, intentionality, understanding contexts, and connecting with people far from God.
Back to School: Why Theological Education Matters to the Church
Evangelism is the church’s speech to the outside world, but worship is where it learns its grammar.
Learn to Linger in Grief
Imagine a church where grief isn’t ignored, but it also isn’t hopeless. Where lament isn’t a sign of weak faith, but an act of worship.
Brandon O’Brien’s Top Books on Small Church Ministry
Rather than being a subcategory of American ministry, the small church is the norm. If you take a longer and broader view, most churches throughout history and in most parts of the world are and always have been small.
