When a sheep pen has one sheep left and ninety-nine missing, you don't get points for how clean and organized the sheep pen is. Go get those lost sheep!! Read more
When a sheep pen has one sheep left and ninety-nine missing, you don't get points for how clean and organized the sheep pen is. Go get those lost sheep!! Read more
If you've ever walked away from church, I want to hear your story. For every statistic, there's a hurt. I want to give your hurt a voice. Read more
If you want to keep your church small and dysfunctional, slowly fading away into obscurity and irrelevance, stay faithful to these seven steps. Read more
Have we been so conditioned to think that church is something to be endured rather than enjoyed that we need to apologize when we have too much fun? Read more
For the first time in Gallup's history, biblical skepticism has surpassed biblical literalism. This doesn't have to be a harbinger of doom. Read more
Questioning the infallibility of the Bible has always been a quick road to heresy. But the heresy is not actually where you think it is. Read more
Our inability as a church to recruit and train new pastors is an existential crisis in the making for the local church. Read more
Andy Stanley reminds me that the future of the church belongs to those willing to look in a different direction. Read more
It doesn't matter how many signs you have saying "Guests Welcome." Churches can still exclude those we're called to embrace. Read more
Are we becoming the very people Jesus came to rebel against? The answer is not as simple as you might expect. Read more