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Churches as Organized Complexity

In his book Walking Home: The Life and Lessons of a City Builder, Ken Greenberg reflects on what he learned about cities from Jane Jacobs. Jacobs taught that there are three kinds of

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Links for your weekend reading: Pastoral Reality: Ecclesiastes-Style I have come to believe that some of the most helpful pastoral reminders for any man preparing for ministry comes from the book of Ecclesiastes.

The Achievement Habit

We get stuck. Although we have lofty goals, many of us fail to accomplish these goals. As a result, we find ourselves frustrated, but we’re often not sure what we can do

Faithfulness in Small Places

As a church planter, it’s hard to be that impressed with one’s ministry. Church plants are, by definition, humble things, and everything is still embryonic. I love the people in our

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Links for your weekend reading: 13 Things a Pastor Should Never Say to a Congregation In addition to the obvious no-no’s, such as profanity, heresy, racism, sexism, and the like, no pastor