March 2014
Well-Oiled Machine or Well-Watered Garden?Your answer to that question makes all the difference for your team.- 5 Things That Surprised Me When I Moved From a Secular Job to Church MinistryTracing my learning curve.
Food Is the New Sex (Part 1)Diet used to be a matter of personal preference and sexuality was governed by strict morality. For Millennials the dynamic has reversed.
Overblown?The Great Evangelical Inflation?John Dickerson says there are fewer Evangelicals than we think.
Wednesday Link List: Three Free Sins, Church Basement Coffee, and MoreAnd big links don't cry (they don't cry).
Flying on Mended WingsHow reclaiming the tribal Jesus plants new life in Native youth … and the Western Church.
Where Can Pastors Find Real Friends?How to address our perennial problem.- My Bitter QuesadillaWhen a close friend left my church, I faced the inevitability of relational failure.
Friday Five Interview: Lisa AndersonIntegrating single young adults into the church body.
Art + Exegesis = "The Minimum Bible"Pastor and artist Joseph Novak talks text and symbol.
Pastors and Bankers: "Redeeming Work"Reflections on calling after Chicago's Leadership Journal Live event.
Wednesday Link List: Drive-Thru Prayer, Praise Dancers, and MoreLet's hear it for the link.- Leadership Transitions: Increase the Odds for SuccessQuestions for leaders in transition.
Rings trueWhat Do You Reach For When You Reach For Your Smartphone?Brief thoughts on insecurity, ministry, and mattering.- Staged AuthenticityYou'll lose your hearers if "honest" communication becomes cliché.
New "Cosmos" Is a Missed Opportunity...To let the religion as "anti-science" story die, that is.
Workin' itFollow Leadership Journal's "Redeeming Work" Event Live!Don't miss this key intersection of faith and vocation.
Wednesday Link List: Rinse-and-Spit Devotional Time, Wrath of the Church Organist, and MoreAnd I don't want to miss a link.
Published from the housetops?Seeking Eyes and EarsOn publishing scandals and a pastor’s heart to be heard.- Don't Swing for the FencesNot every sermon can make a dramatic impact, and that's OK.
Friday Five Interview: Cameron DoolittleReaching families with special needs children.- Unlikely SuccessorHe was a buttoned down statesman. I was half his age, with dreadlocks and a beard. What would happen when I replaced him?
(Ash) Wednesday Link List: Christians in Hollywood, Your Personalized Bible, and MoreTo links you shall return.- Make Your Days CountLeadership lessons from a cancer survivor about living life to the full.
6 Surprises in My New PastorateMy entire life had been leading up to this. So why was my senior pastorate such a blindside?- Rebellion: Failure or Fruit?The blame for conflict can't always fall on the leadership.
