Congregations are quickly realizing their leaders are suffering from ontological lightness. That is, their pastors are spiritual lightweights. Spiritual lightweights…that’s a pretty heavy indictment.

To prepare for Easter I went shopping at Aldi and bought bottles of sparkling grape juice and a bouquet of red roses for our host table. We had people loan their long stemware so that everyone could have a glass to toast with. During the worship service the leaders would declare “He is Risen,” and people would respond with raised glasses, “He is Risen Indeed.”

Sunday mornings are the most important mornings for us as a family. It’s the only time we weekly prepare ourselves for one specific activity, worship. Every other morning we are getting ready for different things, at different times, for different places, with different sets of expectations. Sunday morning is a chance for us to aim [...]

Have you ever been in a season when you didn’t know how stressed you were, how tired your muscles had become, how you were gasping for air instead of breathing deeply? This last year, I’ve been able to breathe deeply again. I feel a sustained inner rest for the first time in a long time.

Most churches refer to new people as visitors. The word visitor is nomadic. The word Guest is one of invitation and honor. Would you rather be treated as a Guest or as a visitor? Here are some thoughts on how a church can think about Guests and how that thought process can change they engage with them.

In 1 Corinthians 3:1-21 Corinthians 3:1-2English: American Standard Version (1901) – ASV3 1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able [to bear it]: nay, not even now are ye able;  WP-Bible plugin Paul [...]