The events of the last week in Pittsburgh at Tree of Life Synagogue can be faith-shaking. Amid the storms Lord, you remind me you are...

In order to do ministry in the city, you have to view it as a crockpot meal.  It takes time, lots of time. It needs to simmer. People of...

One of the more compelling speakers at the Global leadership conference was Carla Harris. Over the next several posts I will share what...

There is a sense in some circles that being joyful is not a part of the Christian life. The tension is between reverence of God and the...

In this four-week series on the church, we have covered three things that the church in Jerusalem did that was doing harm to the Bride of...

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vineyard keeper. 2 He removes any of my branches that don’t produce fruit, and he trims any...

“Live in me, and I will live in you. A branch cannot produce any fruit by itself. It has to stay attached to the vine. In the same way,...

Worldliness (James vv. 4–6) 4 You unfaithful people! Don’t you know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So,...

14 The Lord supports all who fall down, straightens up all who are bent low. 15 All eyes look to you, hoping, and you give them their...

8 “ ‘This people honors me with their lips,  but their heart is far from me; 9 in vain do they worship me,  teaching as doctrines the...

Prayerlessness (James 4: 2b–3) “You don’t have because you don’t ask. 3 You ask and don’t have because you ask with evil intentions, to...

What the worship wars have done to good faithful pastors and congregations is take the focus off the purpose worship. In this series, it...

I remember it like it was yesterday.  I graduated seminary with this childlike understanding of the work I was called to do. “Go, Teach,...

In a 2013 Washington Post article that issue was addressed from a business perspective.  What is interesting is that if you didn’t know...

“the sea, which he made, is his         along with the dry ground,         which his own hands formed. 6 Come, let’s worship and bow...

And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” And someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you,...

Churches naturally have a members-only attitude. The systems and ministries we plan and design are meant for the members. I am not saying...

Prayer is such a difficult spiritual discipline.  We often find ourselves with our heart in the right place but the words to say come...

I learned early on as a leader that being popular cannot be my end goal. The nature of leadership means you must make the tough call, the...

This leadership lesson is a part of an ongoing set of blog posts, “Lessons I have learned from The Global Leadership Summit.” “If you do...