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.

Growing From the Ashes: Church Revitalization

To rise from the ashes through church revitalization, each team member (pastor, board member, and lay member) must be committed to understanding the problem, capturing the vision and willing to implement the steps to turn the church around.

How Quietness Breaks Spirals

The practice of stillness and solitude in the presence of God is the basis of our strategy, because quietness breaks spirals and interrupts problematic thought patterns.

Building the Right Team

Do you want a full-time staff member to be working with you? Before receiving that gift, you must first learn the process by which you would need to lead that full-time staff.

The Momentum of Encouragement

We should be encouragers, not competitors. The momentum of encouragement is found when we serve Jesus amid brokenness.

Biblical Foundations for the Beatific Vision

Our allegiance to the Bible is a direct reflection of our allegiance to God, and our study of the Beatific Vision deepens that understanding.

Navigating Church Employee Status: Pay at Your Church

This guide explains church employee status and how compensation decisions impact volunteers, contractors, and staff.

Selah Pause and Listen

We are speeding, and we need to selah pause and listen instead.

What Doesn’t Kill You

Somehow, this poor guy had come to believe that the way to achieve success in life is always to push harder, a notion that What Doesn't Kill You questions.