Writing

The limits of church growth

My latest column at Christian Week: Alan Hirsch, author of The Forgotten Ways, argues that people in our culture generally have good perceptions of God, Jesus, and spirituality, but have very negative perceptions

Confessions of a Sermon Thief

I wrote this article in 2002, and it appeared in the September-October 2004 issue of Preaching, but I’ve never published it online. It’s received new life recently because I was quoted

How to Emerge Without Being Emerging

My latest column at Christian Week: Whenever someone tells me that the emerging church is a fad, I say that I hope so. As much as I appreciate some qualities of the emerging

Church Transformation

My latest column at Christian Week: Alan Roxburgh is a preacher, teacher, and consultant whose books help pastors and church leaders understand ministry in a time of change. He currently lives in British

Moving beyond church services

My latest column at Christian Week: Dallas Willard, author of books about Christian spiritual formation, writes, “We must flatly say that one of the greatest contemporary barriers to meaningful spiritual formation in Christlikeness