Redemptive Story-Engaging
In our ongoing partnership with churches in our 4th-Soil Parenting Project—a three-year experiment with parents to plant new ways to “infect” their children with an
Author: Rick Lawrence
Tipping Points
Jesus had 12 disciples who said they’d die for him, but when the moment came, they scattered and hid. Then, alone and abandoned, Jesus did
Thriving In the Gray Zone
Soon, our Vibrant Faith team will be gathering in North Carolina for our twice-yearly staff retreat. This year we’re doing something different—we’re reading Mark Sayers’
If You Get Kicked…
All of the Christian story gathers in the space between the cross of Christ and his empty tomb. The story we are told in this
The Collapse of Conventional Ministry
There’s a surging hunger among young people for Jesus. New research shows that they want a clearer understanding of what Jesus really said and did,
Into the Dark
This morning I woke up to yet another school shooting in my hometown of Denver. A 17-year-old student at Denver East High School opened fire
The Future of Faith
As ministry leaders, we’ve embraced a common narrative about the exodus of young people and young adults from the church—we know this generation is fed
In Defense of Judging
Today the church is commonly perceived to be full of judgmental people—a primary reason the “Nones” give for abandoning churchgoing altogether. Carl Jung said it
The Grenade In Our Pocket
Technologies, especially the smartphone, have a forming influence on our spiritual, emotional, and psychological “shape.” I stubbornly resisted getting a smartphone until about seven years
Three Loaves of Bread
Jesus is finishing an intimate conversation with his Father when His disciples ask if He’d teach them to pray. So he models for them how to