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July 21, 2017 9 Comments

I was recently asked what advice I'd give to a pastor getting ready to start a new transformation effort in a small church that's been in decline for years. Here are the top

July 19, 2017 0 Comments

My wife and I just completed a trip that we wanted to do since we were kids.  We went to Alaska, land of 10,000 blogs (BTW - Alaska has 3 million lakes; sorry

July 14, 2017 0 Comments

My bucket list is now empty.  Jesus can take me home.  My wife and I took a trip of a lifetime to Alaska.  It was a group trip at times which means it

July 13, 2017 0 Comments

My post, titled “Is It Time To Drop The Requirement,” resulted in several responses, which prompted me to do a little more digging into the subject of ordination. And after extensive reading on

July 6, 2017 2 Comments

Nobody will argue that mainline denominations are in decline. It doesn't matter if the decline is 80 percent or 65 percent as suggested by a recent Barna study, mainline denominations are seeing fewer

June 30, 2017 0 Comments

The other day I had an inquiry from a pastor I am coaching. Her question was “You said we need to move our 8:30 contemporary service to 9:45 because it is too early