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Tired of doing everything yourself? Most leaders are. And yet we feel we have to do it or it won’t get done right, or maybe it won’t get done at all. I’ve been there. I get it. But the question…Read More→
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While social media and even traditional media are still preoccupied with mega churches and multi-site churches, the reality is that most churches in North America are quite small. The Barna Group pegs the average Protestant church size in America at…Read More→
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Ever feel like the culture is changing so much you really don’t like it? You’re not alone. The culture around us is changing. You can debate when the collapse of Christendom in the West began, but there is little doubt…Read More→
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The trend is practically universal: fewer people are attending church every year. You might have even asked the question yourself. Why bother? There are many reasons why that’s happening, but I think it’s increasingly evident that it no longer makes…Read More→
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Most of us who get into full-time ministry do so because we sense a calling, not because it was a ‘career path’. Chances are you got in this because you love God, deeply, right? So it’s always a bit surprising…Read More→
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Something’s driving your church. There are a variety of things that run a church…the challenge for many church leaders is no one is really quite clear on what that is. What drives your church is critical because it impacts everything…Read More→
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Spend two minutes talking to almost anyone outside the Christian faith and you’re almost certain to hear a list of complaints they have about Christians. The problem has been around awhile. As Mahatma Ghandi famously (and sadly) said: “I like…Read More→
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I had never been through anything quite as deep, or frankly, personally frightening as my burnout in 2006. Burnout moves fatigue and the darkness from a place where it was in your control to place where you can simply no…Read More→
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Regardless of where your politics lean, many would sense that Canadian and American cultures are quickly becoming both post-truth and post-fact. It’s happening right before our eyes. Don’t like the outcome of what’s happening? Claim it never happened. Bothered by…Read More→
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Almost every Christian leader I talk to has a passion for reaching people who don’t know Christ. But as we’ve seen before, our culture is changing so rapidly before our eyes that many of the methods we’ve used to tell…Read More→