Avoiding the Easy Opinions

Having an opinion is easy. Living one isn't. [Click title to read more.]

Ten Ways To Minister At Christmas (Without Passing Out An Invitation To Your Christmas Service)

We can do more than hand out an invitation to reach people at Christmas. [Click title to read more.]

You Are God’s Object Lesson

Sometimes, our well-intentioned explanations sound like gibberish. That's why living the Gospel is so important. [Click title to read more.]

Go Out, Not In

Christianity is an itinerant faith, but we're in danger of forgetting that [Click title to read more.]

We Can’t Argue People Into Becoming Christians

Sometimes sharing Christ means leaving space for God to work. [Click title to read more.]

On Inviting People To Church

I think sometimes that "inviting someone to church" is so encouraged and so ideal precisely because we don't think it takes a lot of effort. You invite someone and boom! You're done. Except that you're not. [Click title to read more.]

Evangelizing In The Suburbs

It's a false and detrimental way of thinking that you can only be a "real" Christian and just like Jesus if you are ministering to particular people in a particular way at a particular time. [Click title to read more.]

Loving Service Should Not Be A Transaction

I think that, as believers, we're often raised up with the concept of results-oriented evangelism and the sense that our love and service is an investment for which we will eventually see a tangible return. [Click title to read more.]

God Values Your Creative Ministry

All too often I suspect our faith is bound by the laws of logic - if not the logic of reason, then our own peculiar logic of how things are and how the universe should be. Or even by the logic of what our churches say "proper" ministry should look like. [Click title to read more.]

So Much Of Ministry Is Organic

People aren't demographics. And love and relationship can't be taught, purchased, or faked. [Click title to read more.]