It's Like Herding Cats

Why is it that during the weeks where the most pressure is applied, the clearest thoughts emerge? This week, my son is flying out to CA, I...

I'm finishing a series on the "Big Story" of the Bible this week with a look at the consummation of Christ's Kingdom. Lots...

One of the challenges those of us who are working to be missional followers of Christ and who are trying to lead our churches to be more mis...

When I'm trying to unpack the call of Jesus on a person's life, I talk a lot about "the Journey" with Him. The idea is to ...

The Church on the Corner | Love Your Neighbour The key to evangelism is to create lots of opportunities for Christians to ‘rub off’ on tho...

One of the most polarizing names a pastor can bring up among other pastors and increasingly among church members is Rick Warren. The mega-ch...

"Go big or go home" is what I heard from one pastor friend. "You've got to have a big vision" said another. My denom...

"No matter what your job is," Ortberg said, "you have an opportunity to live that out every day. Work gives you an opportunit...

Again and again over the last few weeks, God has shown me how little impact the church has on the culture. First it was Good Friday, when we...

I'm Just Saying... It's gotten to be a joke between my bride and me - my use of the phrase "I'm just saying..." as I t...

  One of the great blessings of being a pastor here is being around some of the greatest folks I have ever known - our military. If I had be...

From the comment stream after one of John Frye's excellent posts at Jesus the Radical Pastor Doug Jones wrote ... one result of this kin...

LUKE 24:13-35: THE EMMAUS ROAD Kosuke Koyama wrote an article called Three Mile an Hour God : God walks 'slowly' because he is...

Most Church Switchers Choose Non-Traditional Worship | Christianpost.com In a series of studies on adults who switch churches, LifeWay Res...

Tonight I broke into the dark corner of the Scriptures that is the book of Numbers. I've been a follower of Jesus for 33 years now, and ...

Last night I finished a small group study of Rick Warren's Bible Study Methods . I was able to find some of the charts he uses online fo...

Now these people know how to get a church MOVING!!!

Well, it seems like that way. It's Holy week. Even people who don't think about church the rest of the year think of it during Holy ...

Andy McAdams , over at The Mayberry Driven Church has written a great article on where the church is today, focusing on the smaller church ...

I've been remiss in not doing this earlier, but I wanted to mention that I added my blogs to a list of bloggers created by Mark Kelly f...