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Leaders who are curious about new ideas will lead us into the future. Curiosity as a child is a fantastic thing.  Last night at dinner, our family question was, “what is your earliest memory as a child.”  One of the kids said they remembered being born, which was frightening and funny at the same time.  […]

Do you remember the last time you launched an initiative, and it died? It may have been an outreach ministry, a new discipleship initiative, or a shepherding routine, but the result was the same.  Maybe it was a quick and sudden death or dragged out over time until no one realized the thing had died.  […]

Your Top Ten List on How to Be Fool on April 1st This morning I woke up early and began thinking of some perfect practical jokes for the 1st of April.  I thought of covering the sensor on the remote control with a sticker or putting google eyes on every item in the fridge.  I […]

The wildly popular Marvel Universe launched a short series of shows called Wanda Vision earlier this year.  You may not understand this blog entirely if you don’t know these characters’ backstories from the Avengers films, but I think you will get the idea. In the series Wanda Vision, Wanda, the main character, is still grieving […]

Response-Ability, Avoiding the Victim Mindset   One of the top life-changing disciplines that I worked into my life is that I can choose my response to a situation 100% of the time. Yes, every single time. I had a false belief that my circumstances determined my reaction and feelings. Most of us tend to pick […]

Leveraging the Power of Story in your ministry   I like to think in the realm of numbers.  I am not sure if that is a guy thing or what? Stories are hard for me to wrap my brain around.  They take too long to unfold and often could have been stripped down to a […]

The Day I took Jesus out of the Church. Taking Jesus out of the church Is not something that I would have ever expected I would do.  After all, I loved Jesus, or at least thought I did.  I came to know Him as a teenager, followed Him to Bible College and Seminary, and desired […]

4 benefits of bi-vocational and co-vocational ministry Most ministries worldwide are led by bi-vocational or co-vocational pastors and leaders.   Think about that for a minute.   It has been a modern-day phenomenon in America over the last 100 years to think of most ministries or at least the ideal ministry having a “full-time” pastor or leader. […]