How do you know when it’s time for a redirection? Does your congregation need a fresh dream or more explicit direction? Here’s a good starting metric: check the level of enthusiasm in your church. Can you find it? Is it focused and aligned or scattered and invested in all sorts of places? If the enthusiasm…
Over the past several years, I’ve been working on a few projects that have led me to think deeper about a lot of things. Most of these things revolve around parenting and ministry to families. Like many ministry leaders, I’m hoping to be a voice of hope to people as they navigate life and faith….
Stan Harding became my pastor at the end of high school. A Navy officer turned second-career pastor, he came to our church after serving for a few years at a little church in Iowa. Here he was at a brand new place – a large, suburban, and highly liturgical church. And he did something crazy….