Get Out of the Way
My latest column at Christian Week:
When I started pastoring almost twenty years ago, I put a lot of energy into making church better. My first church was small and homespun. I tried
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Trampled
I remember when people worried about blogs dumbing everything down. People no longer read books, critics said, and could no longer sustain their attention for anything longer than blog posts.
That was before
It takes time
A couple of themes have converged in my life fairly recently.
Charlene and I have been married over 18 years now. I’m not surprised when I talk to other couples who are
Omitting the Needless
The Elements of Style famously includes this advice: “Omit needless words.”
Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a
Stetzer on Missional Practice
Blind Beggar has a great interview with Ed Stetzer over at Missional Tribe. Stetzer says:
The problem with the so-called “missional conversation” is that it too often stops at conversation. We have lots