Leaders: what is your method of crisis response? I love the leadership displayed during a scene in “It’s a Wonderful Life” where George Bailey is about to leave for his honeymoon and panic struck the Building and Loan. As the president, he was forced to avert his plan, go back and save the company. He…
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Does God’s Guidance Shows Us How to Lead?
Does God's guidance show us how to lead? I believe we can learn a lot about planting and pastoring by thinking about God's guidance. He prioritizes relationship over arrival. He prefers intimacy over efficiency. He loves trusting over rushing. and perhaps most difficult, he into mystery over simplicity. God's guidance often feels like going nowhere…
Church Planting in the Midst of Grief
Ten years ago, God called my husband Jon and I to plant a church. After three years of preparation and many long trips between our home in Ohio and where we wanted to plant in North Carolina, we started that journey. We were ready to love large and share the news of Jesus. But I…
Tech is Benign, Right? (Well, Not So Fast)
Tech is benign, right? Wrong. As an article from The New York Times put it: “The medical profession has an ethic: First, do no harm. Silicon Valley has an ethos: Build it first and ask for forgiveness later.” As a result, Harvard University and M.I.T. are offering a new course on the ethics and regulation of artificial intelligence…
Telling the Truth – Humbly
I think it’s wise to be skeptical when people talk about “the truth.” In this era (as in others) we are willing to kill for our ideas about truth. That’s why ideas about the truth are not enough. Telling the truth isn't done through argument. We must meet the truth and walk with him. The…
Do You Need To Apply for 501(c)3 Tax Exempt Status?
Whether your church is in its beginning stages or you have been established for many years, your time is focused on pastoring people, communicating vision, and leading people to Jesus. In the midst of all that kingdom work, it can be easy to overlook the administrative aspects of legally establishing your church. One decision you…