​ This leadership series has been good therapy for me. It has been awhile since I have had the chance to lead a body of believers, over...

The Bible is a book of love stories: the love of Jacob for Rachel, of Boaz for Ruth, and of Joseph for Mary. But the greatest story is...

Philip Yancy shares this story in his book, “What’s So Amazing About Grace?” “At the height of the Cold War, Billy Graham visited Russia...

When King Uzziah died, the throne of Judah was empty. In times of transition everyone is on edge, but for men of faith, we have a clear...

You must be willing to make decisions others don’t want to make.- Myron Rush in  “The New Leader.”  3 Jesus told them this...

The community is the featured topic this week.  Every Thursday or Friday I tease the featured item on Facebook.  Most times it gets one...

This day of Pentecost is a special day like none other. It’s the third biggest celebration of the Christian year, behind Christmas and...

Our lessons in leadership continue. These series of posts are based on the work of Myron Rush in “The New Leader.” We turn our attention...

My name is Keith Haney. The writer and architect of this blog journey. Candidly I am a pastor, but you will find no judgment, only...

“God designed the city to be first a place of refuge and shelter for the weak.”  Redeemer Magazine article, “City”  The city was not my...

In the vision for my blog I made my readers a promise. That promise was to be real. This past week my soul grieved. In my church body, we...

As I read and studied this movement, it brought back memories of my childhood.  When our church pews were most often filled it was at...

You may have noticed the bumper sticker reading, “Start Seeing Motorcycles.” What a brilliant ad campaign because it is working on me. I...

19  Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the Lord. He is a holy God; he is a jealous God. He will not forgive your...

Dear Lord, It’s Monday and going back to the grind of daily life can be a hard day. Sunday afforded us an opportunity to reconnect with...

“Teach the  wise , and they will become  wise r; inform the righteous, and their learning will increase.” – Proverbs 9:9 I have this...

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of...

My first call into ministry made it apparent that if this ministry thing would work out, I needed to be a better leader. Like so many...

As different as we humans are from one another, we all age along the same great sequence, and the shared patterns of our lives pass into...

In my work with congregations, besides stewardship programs and evangelism causing a rip in the congregational space and time continuum,...