by Jeff Hoglen | Jun 10, 2022 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Pastoral Burnout
Here is a weekly summary of some random things in my life. Basically, it’s a list of what I’m watching, listening to, pondering and exploring. What I’m watching Night Sky – on Amazon Prime Irene and Franklin York, a retired couple, have a secret: a Chamber...
by Bill Easum | Mar 24, 2022 | Discipleship, Outreach and Evangelism
Commitment to organized religion is now declining at the same time the public passionately pursues personal, spiritual journeys. How ironic that established/mainline denominations are shrinking during one of the most intensely spiritual periods in North American...
by Bill Tenny-Brittian | Mar 10, 2022 | Church Health, Church Revitalization, Outreach and Evangelism, Uncategorized
Ray is twenty-seven years old and works in IT at the local university. He’s been married for three years and he and Jessica just had a baby girl a couple of months ago. Life is pretty good for Ray and Jessica. They own their home – well, the bank owns it, but they...
by Dave Workman | Mar 3, 2022 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Discipleship
At the start of a new year, rather than thinking about resolutions and future thinking, I prefer to first mentally review the past year: What flourished, what struggled, what brought personal joy, and what were some soul challenges? For me, that makes...
by Dave Workman | Dec 14, 2021 | Church Leadership, Church Revitalization, Servant Evangelism
In the early days of our church, founding pastor Steve Sjogren coined a simple phrase for people to use in basic “servant evangelism” outreaches. For instance, when we did free car washes…or water bottle giveaways at busy intersections…or raked leaves or...
