pastoring

From Embers to a Flame

I have dozens of books on church revitalization. They range from trendy and shallow to not bad, but few of them are really good. That’s why I am glad to have found

Dwell Conference Day One

I’m sitting in my hotel room at the end of the first day of the Dwell Conference, although I have no idea when I’ll be able to post this. The room

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