Holy Soup

First, a confession. I consider myself a teacher. I’ve taught a lot of stuff. I’ve spent the better part of my career devising, developing and …

People describe the Christian faith as a “personal relationship with Jesus.” But in the church, how have we gone about encouraging and developing that relationship …

Was God there—or not? It depends on whom you ask. We love to ask that question. Every week we see regular people walk in off …

What do the non-churched and the de-churched want? We’ve been listening to a bunch of them. In the past few weeks we’ve met with agnostics, …

A powerful ministry tool lies dormant in most churches. It’s waiting for you to activate it. It’s hospitality. Most think they do it well. Very …

A church dashed a pivotal opportunity to reach its community. They built a new facility in a highly visible location–but designed a dark, boxy worship …

The people in our church don’t get it,” says the pastor. “They sit here on Sunday morning. I tell them to go out and share …

Rhonda is not a Christ-follower. After hearing her story I now know a bit more about her aversion to the church—and what we need to …

A lot of church leaders like to toss around the latest churchy language. I suspect they’re trying to sound “with it.” Unfortunately, some of this …

Where do you go for ministry inspiration? Many people attend ministry events featuring seasoned ministry professionals. That’s fine, I guess. But I think it’s also …