Understanding Burnout – The Emotional Processes That Drive It & What To Do
Burnout… If you are feeling down, tired and have no energy, you might be burnt out. Why does this happen? Lots of reasons…but I want to highlight one that needs more attention drawn to it. We all have feelings. They are God given feelings. Fear, sadness…you name it. Those feelings are important to listen to. […]
What Major League Baseball & Churches Have in Common
Major League Baseball and churches have something in common – they both have a Farm System to raise up future players. MLB teams have a minor league team to raise up talent – if someone isn’t quite ready for the big league they spend time on the smaller team to prep for the big time […]
Some HUGE Ministry News – Time for Some Changes!
If we have any level of integrity, talk will never be enough. After 4k+ articles here on the blog and 500+ videos on YouTube…it is time to move into action on the things I am most convicted about and called to. Here is the vision – to train Christians in simple ministry skills that are […]
Logos Review: 2025 Collector’s Edition (8120 Books)
As you may have heard, Logos has undergone a big shake up, moving to a subscription based (monthly fee) system. The end result of this is that Logos is actually cheaper now than it has been in the past when you had to upgrade to new editions. Many are averse to the monthly fee but […]
Why Some in Churches of Christ Feel Stuck or Confused and What To Do About It
What I am about to say is based on my experience both personally and from conversations with others in leadership positions. This won’t be universally true for all churches but will have principles that will be true for a large number of churches. I grew up in the Church of Christ in the 1980s. We […]
Churches Have Made Massive Changes in a Short Amount of Time…Here is Why!
I have a theory about why things feel like they are moving faster now than ever before. Before COVID, change happened at a pretty consistent rate in most areas of life. After COVID, the rate of change feels like it has increased exponentially. Things that would have taken 10 years to develop are developing in […]
We Must Put the Work of the Church in the Hands of the “Ordinary” Christians
The Bible you have in your hand is there in part due to the work of William Tyndale. Once, a Catholic scholar John Walsh confronted Tyndale over his work and Tyndale told him, “If God spare my life ere many years, I will cause a boy that driveth the plow, shall know more of the […]
Full Review of Verbum 10: Diamond (A Diamond in the Rough!)
You may be familiar with Logos Bible Software. Did you know they have a Catholic side called “Verbum”? If you are doing any church history work pre-reformation you are going to be looking at a lot of Catholic works and early church fathers and the Verbum packages have this in spades. Verbum often goes overlooked. […]
10 Ways the church hinders the expansive nature of the Kingdom:
The kingdom of God is expansive. Jesus parables in Matthew 13 demonstrate that over and over. We see the church around the world expanding…but not as much in America. Why? Here are 10 reasons why the church often fails to expand and all these things are totally fixable! 1 – Disobedience/not doing what God clearly […]
Announcing A Major Shift in My Ministry
I have been spending a lot of time developing an online training platform to train everyday Christians to use their gifts to make disciples and plant home churches. This has been bubbling up in my heart for years…how do you provide help for those who don’t have anyone local to show them to make disciples…to […]