A Letter to Senior Leaders, from Youth Leaders

A Letter to Senior Leaders, from Youth Leaders

I’m spending this week in Fort Collins, Colorado at the Ignite Summit for Leaders to be ignited with a passion for youth and kids.  I had the privilege of leading a discussion with around 100 youth leaders from all over the nation, and one topic we had a chance...
The Other Side of the Fence

The Other Side of the Fence

I’ve been thinking all week about what to write—pulling the laptop out, staring at it, closing it, putting it away, and waiting.  All week only one thing kept coming to mind when I sat to write, but honestly I wasn’t too sure I wanted to write about it....
The Sunday-Monday Gap Kills Church’s Growth

The Sunday-Monday Gap Kills Church’s Growth

One of the most life-giving gifts that pastors can ever give to a local congregation is wise understanding for how to live life as it is meant to be lived; a life of loving service to God and to our neighbors. Try reading the New Testament epistles that way and...

Making an Impact on Our Local Community

In December 2011, I began to grieve for my local community.  As I prayed about this, I believe the Lord gave me heavenly strategy to impact my community, Tucson, Arizona.  God began to reveal to me that students of all ages were being positioned all over Southern...

Creating Outward Focused Disciples

Are Outreach and Discipleship Mutually Exclusive? We can be tempted to view outreach (the “Mission” of the Church) and discipleship (the formation of the individual follower of Jesus) as two distinct things. Outreach, or evangelism, can be seen as a project or...