About two weeks into the COVID-19 quarantine, just when my wife and I were about to strangle each other out of sheer boredom, we were saved by the CBS show, …
Study Confirms That Being With Others Makes Us Healthier
We grow better with others. A healthy living study revealed that 95% of those who started a weight-loss program with friends were successful, while only 76% completed the program who …
One Habit COVID Didn’t Change for Christians
Where were you in March when you heard our country was shutting down because of COVID-19? I still remember being at home and receiving one email after another from churches, …
COVID-19 Is Our Chance to Shine
We have never experienced anything like this (at least in my lifetime). Fear is rising around the world as the stock markets crash, sporting events are shut down, and the …
Don’t Judge Me
Have you ever had someone say “Don’t Judge Me”? Maybe you have even said it to someone yourself. I cannot begin to tell you how many times our ministry has …
We Are All Priests
From Christendom To Bible Church I often use the picture of the young/ old woman illusion as an example of the work needed for us to change our old, handed-down …
Faithful Celebrity Christian Leadership
The Christian news cycle has been dominated by the fall of many celebrity Christian leaders over the past couple of years. I have read articles talking about how this is …
Marginal at Best, Dangerous at Worst
The Fall of the Church’s Place in Canadian Society It’s 1966. You’re standing in front of Canada’s Parliament building on a cold New Year’s Eve. You, and all the “important …
Re-Imagining Church
Bite-Sized Missional Communities are Changing the Identity and Priorities of Local Churches If you were to check out the weekly activities at Church of the City in Guelph, Ontario, you …
Should Your Church Die?
I will always remember the dinner I had with a well known Christian leader many years ago. One of the other people at dinner asked him about his observations of …