When Dreams Die and God Goes to Work
The Harvard Business Review calls it “middlescence.” It’s a growing phenomenon among...
Leading After Easter
It’s over. Easter—the most anticipated and well-attended church event of each year—married your best efforts to your highest hopes....
Faith and the Homesick Leader
Halfway down the hallway of faith, the writer of Hebrews stops and points to a counterintuitive axiom of the Christian life: walking by...
How Do Church Networks Cultivate Renewal? By Planting Churches!
Years ago, I read Alonzo L. McDonald’s chapter in the book No God but God where he introduced the...
Ground Rules for Gospel Greatness
On Alexander the Great’s tombstone, the words are (allegedly) written: “A tomb now suffices for him for whom the world was not...
The Polite Ways Pride Says “No”
In John 13, Jesus stoops to wash Peter’s feet. The Savior of the world lowers himself in a shocking act of humility. But Peter wants no...
What Does It Mean to “Remember Redemptively”?
“I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making...
Having the Courage to Ask Yourself “Why?”
Maybe you’ve had the experience of cruising along in life, work, or ministry, thinking you’re doing just fine, when someone knocks on...
God Shatters Your Jar
The first time I preached as a lead pastor, my hopes were through the roof. With all humility (I assured myself) this could be truly epic....
Learning to Love the Church More Than Me
I don’t know about you, but being a bellhop is not exactly on my dream board. Memorable preacher?...
