Despite the challenge of this tension — that we are sexual beings who are also called as Christians to live as family members — Christians more than anyone else ought to have the most robust and healthiest understanding of friendship, including, or especially, those between men and women.
9 Leadership Strategies to Avoid Becoming an Growth Barrier
Every leader hates growth barriers. The internet is full of suggestions on breaking through barriers.Some of these articles, blogs, and books are good. But too few focus on the leader as the barrier.This post is about removing yourself as a barrier to growth.
The Loyalty Obsession: Why it’s Hurting Churches and Ministries
During many years as a consultant to churches and ministries worldwide, one of the most frustrating challenges I’ve discovered within Christian organizations is an overemphasis on loyalty.
Is There a Sabbatical Crisis in Churches Today?
I do not have answers. At best, I have hypotheses. In forty years of ministry, though, I have never seen anything like it. We see more pastors who return from sabbaticals to a church in a mess. Members have left. Lay leaders are questioning pastors and staff. The members are unsettled and critical. Why? Frankly, I don’t know.
7 Observed Traits of the Best Leaders
I’ve been blessed with good role models. And I have had some leaders who were not so good. Such as the guy who threw my sales book at me across the room. Or the one who criticized me for something literally every week. Looking back, though, the best leaders I ever had I observed some common traits in them. There were things, which set them apart from other leaders, helped them be successful, and caused me to take notice in them.
Suicide Is Not a Sin to Be Judged
Views among believers and faith leaders concerning suicide have evolved to be more sensitive and compassionate.
Faith Communities Can Respond to Substance-Use Epidemic with Hope
September is Recovery Awareness Month. Pastor and advocate Matt Johnson encourages churches and faith communities to engage with those struggling with Substance Use Disorder. The impact of substance abuse extends to child, spouse, sibling, parent, friend, employer and community, and can even be cross-generational. As churches look to connect with the recovery work happening in their communities, there are a variety of ways this might happen.
Why Is Faith So Important?
Why? Why is faith so important? Why does it matter so much in God’s plan of redemption? Here are three reasons.
More than One Good Samaritan
Q&A with Jewish scholar Steven Fine on the history of a biblical minority.
Do the Old Testament Promises of Prosperity Apply to God’s People Today?
Can God’s people today lay claim to those Old Testament promises of prosperity? The answers to these questions lie in the fundamental differences between the Old and New Covenants. Suffice it to say that the New Testament reflects a fuller picture of the true, eternal wealth that is ours in Christ.
Yoga Versus Democracy? What Survey Data Says about Spiritual Americans’ Political Behavior
As the US gets less religious, some thinkers warn that it may get more selfish as people engage less with their communities. A team of scholars decided to investigate that concern.
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