pastoring

T4G – John Piper

In a comfortable room with a stack of free books beside us, and our heads full of doctrine, John Piper brought it home for us this morning. He called us to avoid being

Revive your soul

Another recent column at Christian Week: It’s hard sometimes not to be cynical. An example is when I attend Christian pastoral and leadership conferences. Conferences are everywhere, and after a while they

Plant or transition?

From Gordon MacDonald’s book Who Stole My Church?: Our experience leads me to say that if you want to be part of a church that is radically different than anything you’ve

Who Stole My Church?

Who Stole My Church? is a book that’s both the same as, and different from, other books on transitioning churches. That’s not particularly helpful, so let me explain. It’s the

Not cool

I attended a conference this week – more on that in a few weeks. One of the speakers was Earl Creps, author and pastor. Creps led the conference in a liturgy of confession: “I