by Steve Sjogren | Sep 11, 2024 | Discipleship, Pastoral Burnout
A snail and a slug scoot down the sidewalk one morning on their way to work as usual. They converged faster than either one of them anticipated and boom, they crashed into one another. The police showed up and asked the snail what happened. All he could say was,...
by Ron Edmondson | Jul 17, 2024 | Church Leadership
And when Jesus had finished these parables, he went away from there, and coming to his hometown he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is...
by Brian Jones | Jun 26, 2024 | Church Leadership
Last night I had a dream that I was sitting in the back seat of a car riding around the streets of 1950s Clearwater, Florida. Everything I saw in my dream had a yellowish tint, like the way the Cohen brothers filmed the movie No Country For Old Men. At some point in...
by Jeff Hoglen | Apr 29, 2024 | Church Growth, Church Health
When it comes to church growth and individual transformation, personal testimonies are not just powerful; they are transformative. They carry a unique weight, a personal touch that often reaches hearts in ways that sermons and scriptures, though equally vital, might...
by Steve Sjogren | Apr 1, 2024 | Church Leadership
There are a lot of smart and hard-working people out there. Some are both. Have you noticed that power and influence often seem to only be in the hands of a few who use this influence for personal gain or the destruction of others? There is a smaller percentage of...
