As scientist, entrepreneur and Polaroid co-founder, Edwin Land rightly stated, “Politeness is the poison of collaboration.” As a person who leans heavily on collaboration in my everyday life, this is never more true than in Christian ministry circles. More still, the silence continues to grow between the western church and para-church as the unsaid offenses
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I have been working on a manuscript for a while now about my view on the modern western church. I was reading over the first four chapters again the other day just to see if I really wanted to pursue it any further. After all it may have been an exercise to get something
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From 2008-2011 I served on the staff of a small church in Arizona as the Associate Pastor. For those not familiar with small churches, that means the Exec. Pastor, Missions Pastor, Local Outreach and Youth Pastor combined with grounds and janitorial sometimes thrown in just to keep me humble. In a small church that is
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Early this week I had a breakdown in my usual upbeat attitude about my position in life. I entertained the question, “What have I to show for my life?” I couldn’t identify what I would consider a ‘successful’ accounting for my professional life. I took a wide open psychological body blow. It knocked the wind
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If you were to read the Time.com story, “How Evangelicals Are Changing Their Minds on Gay Marriage”, a teaser piece to get you to read the full article (subscription required), and take it as truthful, then yes, Evangelicals are changing their minds. However, a quick look at the information presented reveals a few quick rebuttals on
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When I was a young(er) man I started reading and listening to all the ‘Leadership’ material I could find. I asked experienced, more mature leaders for their recommendations. I sometimes just happened across a book that I would find interesting to read. One of those books was John Maxwell’s 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. It
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I have a confession. I can be cynical. I don’t mean cynical about things we are supposed to oppose as Christians like infidelity or other egregious sin. I mean I can be cynical about those areas in the Christian subculture that are held sacred. Let me explain. Just a couple of days ago I
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