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The circle of trust for a church leader’s family, especially for a church planter’s family, can be a small place. By nature, starting a new church has a lot to do with the journey of the new church staff members, and by close association, the story of their spouses and children. This creates an unusually [...]

As long as I’ve been aware, the gold standard for measuring how a church is doing is “How many were in church last Sunday?” Every Monday the mental health of many pastors hangs in the balance depending on the answer to that question. If the numbers were up, the pastor is too. If the numbers [...]

Together we will! It’s Stadia’s theme this year.  It reflects a core value of collaboration, networking, caring for one another, and encouraging one another.  I was brought up short two weeks ago when a highly valued employee was suddenly encouraged because someone told him that he was vital to the organization and that we really [...]

Over the last few months, I’ve been feeling the draw toward some larger vision aspects of what God may be wanting to do in Denver.  I suppose it’s natural for any pastor to keep our heads down and serve our own churches.  Yet, at times, you get the impression that God has His fingers under [...]