A glimpse into the wisdom of ancient texts and philosophies Gnosticism, an ancient heretical belief but it offers us insights for today’s...

You must abandon your preconceived notions about community. “ To enter into true community, our ideal community must be surrendered.” ...

Diverse group of college students in School campus holding their books What is culture? It is the ways of thinking, living, and behaving...

This post is the second of a two-part series for the church on how to overcome compliancy. 1. Avoid routines. Compliancy is never...

I would like to believe that a distinctly, authentic Church is a Christ-centered, mission-driven, people-focused, community-transforming...

Prayerlessness (James 4: 2b–3) “You don’t have because you don’t ask. 3 You ask and don’t have because you ask with evil intentions, to...

In a 2013 Washington Post article that issue was addressed from a business perspective.  What is interesting is that if you didn’t know...

Sometimes in my life when I look back at my time in the parish I feel for my congregation members. My parents raised me with the idea...

We had ten proposed actions for the Board of Directors and the district president to execute, voted on and passed at the Northern...

There is much conversation in my church right now about whether we are a declining church body and whether or not we will survive this...

At my last congregation in Milwaukee we had reached a critical place in our ministry, it was year six of our ten-year vision plan. As a...

People are seeing football players kneeling during the National Anthem and are getting upset,  turning off their televisions, demanding...

In the first post, we painted the picture of what it looks like when vision and relationships are driving the direction of the church. ...