My Mom Died Last Week My mom’s name was Eva. Her twin sister, who died on their birthday a few years back, was Esther. I try to imagine what my grandparents, Harry and Gertrude, were thinking about when they named …
10 Influential Church Leaders To Follow on Social Media
Social Media —in all it’s forms— continues to be a prolific part of our digitally connected lives. For Church Leaders, the ever growing stream that is social media continues to inform, inspire, and connect us all. However, finding the most …
The Worst Church Leadership Advice
The Worst Church Leadership Advice. A word about bad advice. Nobody wakes up wanting to give — or even take — terrible advice. Yet, everyone has certainly witnessed real conversations where incredibly poor advice is traded for a smile and a nod. …
Five Examples of a Healthy Church
Five Examples of a Healthy Church The search for artificial intelligence continues. Will we be able to create machines that might actually think and learn, rather than simply compute? Can computers “feel” and “reason”? An early experiment that probed the …
The Top 5 Leadership Blogs You Should Be Reading
The Top 5 Leadership Blogs You Should Be Reading A cursory search for leadership provides just short of a million resources. Indeed, the very definition of leadership comes in at least thirty-plus flavors. How does one begin to navigate the vast world of voices, …
5 blemished Truths About The Church
5 blemished Truths About The Church While celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, both husband and wife were urged to give testimonies to gathered family and friends. He said the usual thing: “The best two words I ever learned were, ‘Yes, …
5 Things Leaders Do To Get Things Done
5 Things Leaders Do To Get Things Done Bob was great at talking, but not so much at doing. He could wax eloquent about his vision for projects (e.g., setting up missional communities, creating a prayer chapel, and starting a …
Leaders Show No Fear
Leaders Show No Fear We were with a tour group and needed to cross a busy street in Rome. If you’ve been to Rome, you understand. Big cars, little cars, smart cars, scooters of every sort, and a plethora of …
6 Easy Ways to Change a Church’s Culture
6 Easy Ways to Change a Church’s Culture How is it that some churches are friendly and others are not, some churches are outgoing and others are inwardly-focused, some churches are intent on multiplying themselves while others are self-serving? It …
“How can we get more leaders like these in our churches?”
“How can we get more leaders like these in our churches?” Last week, four candidates were being examined by Zeeland Classis in order to become Commissioned Pastors. Jose Duran is a church planter, Ken Kleinheksel and Steve Martin provide congregational …
