Defensiveness
(originally posted 12/6/13) Everyone receives criticism, sometimes even when we deserve it. But the way we respond to that criticism can either win people over or push them further away….
Before You Rebuke
A rebuke is a sharp command to stop sinning.With few exceptions, it’s only ok to rebuke those with whom we have some relational capital. We earn relational capital by loving…
New Voices
The church of the future will generate opportunities for their up and coming preachers using alternative liturgies and innovative service orders. New preachers need new opportunities, but the problem is…
Love Where You Are
One of the most common temptations for Christian people is to hate where, and when, they live. We love to decry that we’re “living in the End Times,” or that…
Channel Your Passion
The work in which we now engage has a holy longing at the center. We yearn for the future. We anticipate the creative work we will soon enjoy with God….
What I’m Working On – The Church We See
There are signs all over Westwinds that describe “The Church We See.” These 21 statements were born out of months of prayer, conversation, and research about the many ways our…
Korean-style Prayer
In How to be with God: a Primer on Christian Prayer, I include prayer hacks at the end of each section. We used this hack in the prayer meeting we…
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