5 ‘Ocean Buoys’ We Need – Voice Recognition
(EDITOR’S NOTE: A few months ago, on a team retreat, our Vibrant Faith Team read Australian pastor and culture expert Mark Sayers’ new book A Non-Anxious
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5 ‘Ocean Buoys’ We Need – Adaptability
(EDITOR’S NOTE: A few months ago, on a team retreat, our Vibrant Faith Team read Australian pastor and culture expert Mark Sayers’ new book A Non-Anxious
5 ‘Ocean Buoys’ We Need – Activation Opportunities
(EDITOR’S NOTE: A few months ago, our Vibrant Faith Team retreated together at a lakeshore Air BnB in North Carolina. In advance, we all read
5 ‘Ocean Buoys’ We Need – When No Norm Is the New Norm
(EDITOR’S NOTE) A few months ago, our Vibrant Faith Team retreated together at a lakeshore Air BnB in North Carolina. In advance, we all read
The 5 ‘Ocean Buoys’ We Need – #1
A few months ago, our Vibrant Faith Team retreated together at a lakeshore Air BnB in North Carolina. In advance, we all read Australian pastor
The Best Practices of a Thriving Church
Several years ago I sat down with a small circle of national ministry leaders who, like me, had served in ongoing pastoral roles while also
How Storytelling Fuels Thriving Congregations
Don’t you just LOVE IT when diverse threads of your ministry converge and strengthen each other? Even better, don’t you get excited when this sort of confluence
A Primer for A Parched Soul
My summers have often brought me a short break from the busyness of ministry. Summer programming adapts to account for families taking time for vacations
Pastor Confidential
Not long ago I interviewed several lead pastors—“incognito”—to uncover their buried challenges and deeper longings. I gave each one the same set of prompts, then
The Courage to Pursue the Stories of Your People
Are you sometimes a coward? I know I am… But we do our best to camouflage it, right? We’re not cowards in the epic sense—we’re