Building in changing times
I met Stephen Mawdsley at Ron Martoia’s Velocity Conference last year. Stephen is a thinker and someone who understands some of the questions churches need to be asking in today’s context.
I love animals
After yesterday’s post, some of you seemed to think that I need to love animals more. I promise to work on it. In fact I will start by reading this book.
Outward focus
The sheer quantity of activities involved in a church can wear everybody out. Such churches may be excellent social organizations, where members enjoy relationships with one another, but they have little transformational impact
Ministries of amazing grace
A good article in Leadership Journal (not yet online) on John Newton:
“You appear to be designed by Divine Providence for an healer of breaches, a reconciler of honest but prejudiced men, and
Government imploding
We don’t have the NHL but we always have politics. Our prime minister has just addressed the nation. Contrary to expectations, he has not declared war on the States to divert attention