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Mar 28, 20233 min read

When a Leader Steps Down

When a church goes through our Pathway or Inventory program for revitalization, it often includes a site visit from one of our team...

Nov 22, 20222 min read

What's Your Attitude Indicator?

So here’s an idea as we move into the Thanksgiving holiday… Paul’s short letter to the Philippian church underscored his belief that...

Oct 25, 20222 min read

Do You Have “Missional Integrity”?

The present love affair with corporate mission statements must be more than a framed eight-by-twelve well-wordsmithed paragraph hung on a...

Oct 18, 20223 min read

Helping People To Become Inviters

This summer at a nearby amusement park, I rode thirteen rollercoasters in one evening. The granddaddy of them all was Orion—a gigacoaster...

Sep 20, 20223 min read

The Ease of “Power Abuse”

People can abuse power in a non-profit organization or on a church board, around a dinner table or in a street gang. Or in a marriage....

Jul 21, 20202 min read

Incarnational Leadership

The “Big C” Church has never been about earthly power. Never has, never will. The true Church has never desired to have control, because...