Willow Creek, the poster child for seeker sensitive ministry, is no longer trying to be so hip. At the recent Catalyst Conference, a Willow teaching pastor, Darren Whitehead, surprised us with the new Willow. Thirty years ago Bill Hybels launched Willow and the “Seeker Sensitive” movement from a theater. It was all about being fishers [...]
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Salty or Worthless
Posted in Culture, Empowering Leadership, Relevant Ministry, tagged Connecting, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Leadership, Purpose, Valuable life goal on October 19, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Sage Advice from Billy Graham
Posted in Culture, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged clarity, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Leadership, missional, Missional Ministry, Relevant Ministry, vision on May 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
In his new book, The Next Christians, author Gabe Lyons writes that every generation must confront the unique challenges of their era. Here are three questions that must be addressed to do so: What does mission look like in America in the 21st century? How should the message of the Gospel go forward? What does [...]
Taking Risks
Posted in Bahler Family Doing Life, Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged Bahler Family Doing Life, Connecting, connection, Consumerism, Evolving Culture, Faith, Hope, Leadership, love, missional, Purpose, Relevant Ministry, Valuable life goal on May 11, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Ten months ago, we met our 12-year-old daughter in China. We were scared and overwhelmed but driven by the vision that we were being called to stretch beyond our own comfort. Francis Chan’s words were ringing in our ears: God hasn’t called us to comfort. We’re called to take big risks so that if He [...]
Hallelujah…The Spirit Of Christmas
Posted in Culture, tagged Evolving Culture, Hope on December 4, 2010 | 8 Comments »
It’s a quick five minutes that will touch your heart with the spirit of Christmas. Take a look!
When We’re Afraid
Posted in Bahler Family Doing Life, Culture, Relevant Ministry on July 14, 2010 | 5 Comments »
King David was a man after God’s own heart, yet even he often felt alone. There are times when blind trust and obedience are all we have. That was where Annette and I found ourselves Monday. We were exhausted upon arriving in Kunming after 35 hours of travel. We found ourselves in a strange land, [...]
Are Mega Churches Better?
Posted in Culture, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, Uncategorized, tagged building momentum, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Hope, Leadership, Purpose, vision on September 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It’s rare to read through a ministry publication today without stumbling across an article proclaiming the mega church demise. Apparently mega churches are doomed to die a slow, painful death as the younger crowd finds fellowship at Starbucks and avoids church altogether. A ministry friend predicted last week that some day the Crystal Cathedral will [...]
Trendy Is Not Remarkable
Posted in Culture, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged Authentic, building momentum, Connecting, Digital Age, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Leadership, Purpose, Relevant Ministry, vision on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Your message should be timeless and not trendy. Sure, trendy is catchy. Trendy is noticeable. But trendy is not remarkable. That’s an important challenge from church communication consultant Anne Jackson. Churches that engage people and inspire hope must have a compelling message. Without it, we’ll never capture mental space in the minds of our audience. [...]
What Makes Us Happy
Posted in Bahler Family Doing Life, Culture, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged Authentic, Bahler Family Doing Life, building momentum, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Hope, Leadership, love, Purpose, Relevant Ministry, Valuable life goal, vision on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Even though it was a joy, it took some serious grace to make it through last week. Annette and I, our 6 kids, 4 in-laws, 5 grand kids and 1 nanny made the annual pilgrimage to Hilton Head Island. You wouldn’t believe how much food, laundry and dishes 18 people can go through in a day. Yep, even my heart [...]
What Do You Long For?
Posted in Culture, Empowering Leadership, tagged alignment, Authentic, clarity, communication, community, community needs, Connecting, connection, Hope, Purpose, Valuable life goal on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Provers 4:23 teaches we should guard our heart for out of it flows the springs of life. If out of the longings of our heart springs our activity, what do these statistics say about our heart? US mobile subscribers averaged 357 text messages/month in 2008. That’s a 450% increase from the 65/month back in 2006. [...]
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