Searching out a new location for your church is incredibly exciting, but if it’s your job to find that perfect property, it can also be an overwhelmingly daunting task. In fact, this may be one of the most substantial expenses your church will ever incur. Get it right, and the new location will fuel...
It’s May – when excitement wanes. So recently, I’ve started thinking about an incredibly revealing phrase that I occasionally overhear. At first glance, you might think that this phrase would strike panic and fear into the soul of every church leader; that this single statement would...
I love to meet with people who have no faith and have taken up the challenge of discovering God. Their questions are so real, so raw. I love it. They are learning to believe. Today, I met with a friend who is a brilliant thinker as well as one of those seekers. Sunday School doesn’t prepare […]
You probably don’t want to admit it, but we all carry with us an invisible tally sheet. Nobody really talks about it, but it’s definitely there. It’s how we tend to make decisions; simply tally away. Don’t believe me? Remember the last time you began the search for a new church? You swaggered...
Last week I discovered a modern scavenger hunt remix after scrabbling to recover from a rained-out 16th birthday party. The scavenger hunt was my wife’s idea. I’ll be honest, I’ve never been a huge fan. Making copies and counting up points has never been my thing. But, once I discovered...
The biography of Louis Zamperini, a 5,000 meter 1936 Berlin Olympic runner trapped in a Japanese concentration camp, was one of the most inspiring novels that I’ve read in the past year. In it, Laura Hillenbrand told the remarkable life story of Zamperini’s survival and redemption in her book entitled...
