I’m still trying to process what I saw and heard at the Verge Conference in Austin last week. With all the talk of the younger generation checking out, why did 3,500 young people show up for an aggressive three-day challenge to get beyond “feel good” Christianity? This wasn’t the typical boomer crowd that frequent many [...]
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It Is Well With My Soul
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged clarity, Consumerism, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Hope, Incarnational ministry, Leadership, legitimacy, Missional Resurgence, Valuable life goal, vision on February 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Finding Hope
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged Authentic, clarity, communication, community, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Faith, Hope, Incarnational ministry, Leadership, legitimacy, love, mega church, ministry, missional, Purpose, Relevant Ministry on March 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Take away a person’s memory and they become anxious, take away a person’s hope and they become terrified. That was a provocative thought from author Joe Myers. It explains why Christians can be vicious and so out of character when you threaten their past or their future. These days, that loss of hope is leading to anxious and terrified Christians [...]
You Have To Hate Somebody
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, tagged communication, community needs, Faith, Incarnational ministry, Leadership, legitimacy, love, missional on February 3, 2009 | 10 Comments »
“How much do you have to hate somebody to believe everlasting life was possible and not tell them that.” Penn Jillette, provocative talk show host and atheist, was pondering that question recently after a businessman gave him a Bible. Even though he has no belief in God, Penn was puzzled by the lack of interest [...]
Overcoming Fear
Posted in Relevant Ministry, tagged Leadership, Relevant Ministry, Connecting, Evolving Culture, community needs, missional, Incarnational ministry, Purpose, communication, Missional Ministry, Seeker-Sensitive Model on December 11, 2008 | 5 Comments »
“It isn’t courage that overcomes our fear, it is our curiosity.” That may have been the best thought from our two days at the Cornerstone Knowledge Network (CKN) meeting in Chicago this week. There was good conversation about ministry and facilities of course, and Ed Stetzer taught us why Rick Warren’s “Purpose Driven” and Bill [...]
Relevant Ministry Response #3: Missional Resurgence
Posted in Evolving Culture, Empowering Leadership, Relevant Ministry, Three Relevant Ministry Responses, tagged Relevant Ministry, Evolving Culture, Empowering Leadership, Incarnational ministry, Three Relevant Ministry Responses, Missional Ministry, Missional Resurgence, International Community, Overconsumption, Sacrificing on September 12, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Inequitable Globalization How can the world hear or believe our message of God’s love when we are spending: $8 billion annually on cosmetics in the US $11 billion annually on ice cream in Europe $17 billion annually on pet food in Europe and the US $35 billion annually on business entertainment in Japan $105 billion [...]
They Still Want To Be “Like Mike” (Part 3 of 3)
Posted in Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged Chinese church, community, Disciple making, Evolving Culture, Incarnational ministry, missional, Relevant Ministry, simple church on July 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s about “Becoming Like Jesus” and “Reaching Beyond The Church”. We started this three part series looking for lessons from the Chinese Church which has grown from 3 million to an estimated 130 million. Polling from a 2001 IRIS study estimates there are 159 million Christians in the US. It’s hard to imagine in a [...]
Stalled And Dissatisfied
Posted in Relevant Ministry, Three Relevant Ministry Responses, tagged connection, Incarnational ministry, Three Relevant Ministry Responses, Consumerism, Missional Ministry, Christ-Centered Growth, Willow Creek, Bill Hybels, Seeker-Sensitive Model, Creating a Covenant Community, Dissatisfaction, Self-Feeders, Authentage, ADHD Christians, Realness, Roots on May 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The most influential church in America, Willow Creek, is learning a sustainable ministry requires more than a “Seeker-Sensitive” model. The next few weeks I’ll explore what Willow and other ministry thought leaders are discovering. It’s apparent three “Relevant Ministry Responses” are emerging as vital for sustainable ministry in this “Digital Age”. The three are: 1) [...]
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