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December 28, 2025 0 Comments

The Calendar Turn Isn’t the Reset Button We Wish It Were By the time the new year's calendar flips, most pastors are running on fumes. Christmas is over. Attendance did whatever it did.

August 8, 2025 0 Comments

Word Count: 375 – Est Reading Time: <2 Minutes What’s Up: 90% of pastors say ministry isn’t what they expected ... and it’s breaking them. (https://www.pastoralcareinc.com/statistics/)So What: Seminary didn’t prepare you for the

August 1, 2025 0 Comments

Word Count: 390 – Est Reading Time: 2 Minutes What’s UpGallup’s latest poll on institutional trust says what we already suspect … the Church has some serious catching up to do. Your church

May 2, 2025 0 Comments

Word Count: 373 – Est Read Time: 2 Minutes What’s Up: Once the backbone of American Christianity, "mainline" denominations have slipped to just 11% of U.S. Christians. Whereas the Evangelical Protestant continues to

April 11, 2025 0 Comments

Word Count: 381 – Est Read Time: <2 Minutes What’s Up Everyone keeps saying the faith is dying. But the latest research? It may say otherwise. Perhaps religion isn't dead. (See Ray Burge

March 14, 2025 0 Comments

Word Count: 408 – Est Read Time: ~2 Minutes What’s UpA recent Wall Street Journal article exposed a fascinating ... and concerning ... trend: 10% of the religious "Nones" are actively evangelizing …