It's Like Herding Cats

I've been a follower of Jesus for 34 years now. I've seen the church go from "Flakes formula" to the "growth spiral...

It's that time of year, when you are wrapping up the holidays and looking forward to what the New Year will bring. There have been very...

“The point is.. all the effort to fix the church misses the point. You can build the perfect church–and they still won’t come. People are no...

Reggie McNeal is one of those rare folks who came from the typical SBC background and is able to step out and look around and see where God ...

Taking a break from some Romans Chapter 10 heavy lifting and thinking about the way forward here. - Another increase in our insurance premiu...

We had an elderly deacon suffer a fainting spell in the men's SS class this morning and had lots of visitors - but they were paramedics ...

“Many Southern Baptist churches are small groups of white people who are holding on [until] the end,” he said. “Not only have we not reached...

Down through the years, maybe partially because I was educated and trained in marketing, partially because I'm a classic "fix it...

Tomorrow begins the new term at Rockbridge Seminary and one of the last core classes for me - Theology and Practice of Ministry. The course...

A couple of nights ago, I was looking for something to read that didn't have to do with the church, or theology. My life is so centered ...

I want the works I want the whole works Presents and prizes and sweets and surprises Of all shapes and sizes And now Don't care how I wa...

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me." (Galatians 2:20) There, I found your problem. De...

Clarity. Movement. Alignment. Focus. Those are the hallmarks of the Tao(Way) of Simple Church. When I read the book a few months ago, I actu...

I've been working these last two weeks on some ideas about what we could be doing in the weeks and months to come to see God glorified h...

We have "game night" once a month here, where the kids and some adults get together and play board games against one another. It...

"The do it yourself, self-help culture of North America has so throughly permeated our imagination that we ordinarily don't give at...

Bob Hyatt issues a timely reminder today. Look, I'm not saying we shouldn't take advantage of increased visitor attendance and prea...

I'm here on my day off trying to get over a nasty cold and Bunny and Sean have headed out to Destin to pick up a few things. I've ha...

The past few weeks, I've been engaged a a real struggle over how well we at New Hope are helping people become more like Jesus. I've...

From John Wimber: Folks, the world knows what this is supposed to look like. Years ago in New York City, I got into a taxi cab with an Irani...