If I could transport myself back in time to the early years of my ministry, the first change I would have made in my thought process...

During the Thirty Year’s War in Europe (1618-1648) they slew the King of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus while his troops were winning the...

Both the hummingbird and the vulture fly over our nation’s deserts. All vultures see is rotting meat, because that is what they look for....

My ministry has only known churches with a Christian Day School. My ministry has also only known churches and schools operating when I...

One of the pivotal moments in my life was going to a Lutheran preschool. It changed the direction of my life. My family grew up strong...

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

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

Henry Martyn (1781-1812) Following a brilliant student career at Cambridge, rejected several opportunities to go to the mission field. He...

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...

The problem with our declining churches is not that the Word of God has lost its effectiveness. It has the same power to save today, in...

Well, the votes were tallied, and the final gavel sounded; another District convention had come to a close.  It was almost a historic...

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

There is this excellent illustration about Catherine Booth the “mother” of the Salvation Army. “Wherever Catherine Booth went,” said...

Missional Communities Can Connect Us With Our Unconnected Neighbors Missional communities continue to be an instrument by which we can...

There is much debate today regarding who Jesus gave the Great Commission to that is found in Matthew 28. The discussion in my tribe...

There was a line in the movie Field of Dreams; “They will come. They won’t even know why they are coming, but they will come, by the...

Years ago I ran across this parable, and it had an enormous impact on my ministry. On a dangerous seacoast where shipwrecks often occur...

“Christian kingdom generosity gushes out of the heart and soul of the redeemed believer.  It is cultivated and ripened through love for...

This opening illustration frames the attitude the Church should have regarding missions: A missionary in Africa was once asked if he...