“Extremist for Love”
In the wake of all the polarizing political rhetoric we need to remember Martin Luther King, who called himself an extremist – but an extremist for love. This country needs more love, and where better to find it than at the feet of the man who brought God’s love to everyone’s hometown – Jesus. Today is Martin […]
Why So Many Church Plants Plateau
Over the years I’ve noticed that a good number of church plants grow for two or three years, plateau, and then decline. It’s not unusual for a church to grow to 150-200 over a three-year period and then go nowhere. In my experience, there have been two causes of this failure to continue to grow. […]
Five Secrets to the First-Century Church
When I read the Acts of the Apostles I am constantly reminded that the early Church exhibited five basic attributes that are missing today in most declining congregations. But when I see these five attributes alive and well in a congregation, that church is almost always growing and reaching out to the lost. Here are […]
Mama, Don’t Take My Kodachrome Away!
Another icon of a world gone by has hit the dust. Kodachrome, the first film to effectively print pictures in color, is bidding farewell to the modern world after a nearly 75-year run. Goodbye, film; hello, digital. Someone finally took Paul Simon’s Kodachrome away. The last operating processor of Kodachrome film in the world has […]
Is 2011 Time to Get a Coach?
Bill Tenny-Brittian and I have room for a few more people to coach in 2011. We limit the number of people we each coach, so if you’re interested, now is the time to contact us. You have your choice of either one of us at the moment. Studies show that pastors who have a coach do […]
Cultural Tips
In my book Ministry in Hard Times, I contrast the past world with the emerging world by contrasting the metaphors of a national park and a jungle. The world I was born into was like a national park with lots of rules. The world we live in today is more like a jungle with only one […]