THE THIRD YEAR OF MY DOTAGE
This spring marks my third anniversary of being old. Up until then, I felt like a spring chicken. Now I feel an inch from death’s door. I teased my older…
WHAT STOPS OUR PEOPLE FROM MOVING FORWARD?
Last week in our ownership class at The Winds, the conversation turned to the ways in which we hope people will shadow God, build the church, and heal the world….
FANCY PASTORS
When I was growing up there was an abundance of preachers with huge tie pins, gold cufflinks, and swoopy hair. I used to think these were people who loved the…
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE PEOPLE GOD HAS BROUGHT YOU FOR HIS BIRTHDAY?
Christmas is right around the corner. Church attendance will triple on Christmas Eve. But what comes next? What are you going to do with the people God has brought you…
THE LACK OF PERSONAL CREDIT IN A GROUP PROJECT WILL DISCOURAGE CREATIVES FROM WEIGHING IN WHOLEHEARTEDLY
“Think about something real hard and then don’t think about it at all.” Don Draper “Take two ideas that have nothing to do with each other and explore them from…
THE BOLDEST LEADERS MAKE THE BIGGEST TARGETS
I’ve been leading everything from sports teams to prayer meetings since I was nine years old. Leadership is difficult, and it courts a terrible scrutiny. But that doesn’t mean such…
BEATS: CONVERSATION, LEADERSHIP, AND ORATORY (OH YEAH, AND DRUMS, TOO)
The most prevalent means of coaching new fiction writers on dialogue is to talk about beats. When I first heard the term I was confused. I imagined “beats” referred to…
we’re not irrelevant anymore
I was speaking with my friend Carl Medearis the other day about the fact that the church is no longer irrelevant [Carl runs Simply Jesus, is the author of…
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