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Everyone's Pastor, No One's Friend

Everyone's Pastor, No One's Friend

Church leaders are seldom alone but often lonely.

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Real Financial Freedom

Real Financial Freedom

Addressing our unhealthy desire for security.

What's your story?

What's your story?

The power of narrative has changed my ministry.

Radical Calling

Radical Calling

David Platt on being a pastor and a prophet, at the same time.

What's your story?

What's your story?

The power of narrative has changed my ministry. |
Run for Your Life!

Run for Your Life!

Your instinct to run away from it all just might transform you. |
When Bad Sermons Happen to Good Preachers

When Bad Sermons Happen to Good Preachers

It's never fun but sometimes fruitful. |
Time for Culture

Time for Culture

Every organization has a culture; do you understand yours? |
The Boomerang Sermon

The Boomerang Sermon

In sermon prep, we discover that we need God's message as much as anyone. |

Latest from Out of Ur Blog

The Intersection of Ministry & Culture

Superman: Sermon Notes from Exile

Why I wrote sermon notes for a blockbuster Hollywood film.

The Fishbowl, My Friend

Why living on display isn't the worst thing ever.

Friday Five Interview: Rebekah Lyons

How do busy moms find the space to pursue their God-given callings? We asked the author of the new book, Freefall to Fly.

Tweeting the (other) SBC

Oh be careful little tags what you hash.

Conversations

Convening Top Ministry Thinkers
Developing a Culture of Contentment

Developing a Culture of Contentment

Jeff Manion on taking appropriate financial risk and cultivating a generous spirit.
Preaching to the Super Bowl Champs

Preaching to the Super Bowl Champs

An interview with Rod Hairston
When Church Becomes an Idol

When Church Becomes an Idol

A Leadership Journal interview with Craig Groeschel and Kyle Idleman
Are You Ready for a Crisis?

Are You Ready for a Crisis?

8 questions with Mel Lawrenz
Tithing: Law or a Grace?

Tithing: Law or a Grace?

The place of giving in the gospel. |
Don't Lose the Wonder

Don't Lose the Wonder

How I rediscovered the splendor of being God's own. |

Classics


Two of Me

Two of Me

For God's people, the opposite of simplicity is not complexity. It's duplicity. |
The Zoloft Dispensation

The Zoloft Dispensation

Pastoring in the meds age, when everybody's on something. |
Lashed to the Mast

Lashed to the Mast

Control Tweaks

Control Tweaks

The right combination of structure and empowerment moved this church toward maturity. |
The 'Handicap Icon' Gets New Life

The 'Handicap Icon' Gets New Life

New York’s revamped accessibility symbol began at a Christian college.

Sponsoring a Movement

Sponsoring a Movement

Former sponsored children like Moses Pulei pay it forward in their hometowns.

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Books & Culture

Our Lives, Our Fortunes, and Our Sacred Honor

Our Lives, Our Fortunes, and Our Sacred ...

The grand debate that...

Today's Christian Woman

The Perfect Wife Scorecard

The Perfect Wife Scorecard

I just knew I was failing...

Small Groups

Silence and Solitude

Silence and Solitude

These spiritual disciplines...

Out of Ur

Superman: Sermon Notes from Exile

Superman: Sermon Notes from Exile

Why I wrote sermon notes...

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