Redemptively Discontent

My latest column at Christian Week: A funny thing happened a few years ago. I always assumed that people who complain about church have a bad attitude. One day, I began to listen

Rick McKinley: A beautiful and messy kingdom.

From Leadership Blog, a lab session with Rick McKinley at Catalyst: “As pastors, we are tempted to build the church,” he said. “So we send out postcards to targeted Zip codes and we

Pastoral ambition

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” From Leadership Blog: Out of Ur: Pastoral Ambition: Does success chip away at our souls?: I am convinced that personal pastoral ambition, and a

The future of the American church

At TallSkinnyKiwi, Redeemer pastor Tim Keller comments on the future of the American church: I think it’s premature to say what the future of the American church will be. Frankly, almost every