What We Miss When We Romanticize The Early Church

I often think our modern church is guilty of romanticizing the New Testament Church. And yet it strikes me that we only ever seem to romanticize those warm, cozy moments when believers are hanging out together in small rooms. [Click title to read more.]

Ministering To People With Mental Illness

Even in churches where believers and staff consider mental illness to be a valid issue worthy of attention, I think there's still a lot of confusion and awkwardness surrounding how we minister to that and to those people in the middle of it. Here are a few tips. [Click title to read more.]

Faith Does Not Think In Terms Of Quantity

Giving up all to serve one isn't something to be ashamed of. It's the kind of math the Bible tells us we're supposed to be best at. [Click title to read more.]

The Value of Giving People Space

There is value in giving people the time and the space to work something out on their own. [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.]

Act From Love Immediately. Postpone Actions Motivated By Anything Else.

Love immediately, and delay everything that doesn't come from love. [Click title to read more.]

Don’t Normalize Love

Little things matter. They are the heartbeat of love in daily life. [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.]

Stop Assuming Someone Else Will Do It

To my shame, I realize that "someone else will do it" is one of my most common excuses for avoiding God's work - or, more explicitly, for avoiding the work that I'm least interested in or least motivated to do. [Click title to read more.]

No, Life Isn’t Fair. But We Can Try To Tip The Scales.

Although the world is fundamentally cursed and unfair and we have to reconcile ourselves to that, we also need to think about the fact that we are the ones who can make it a little less unfair. [Click title to read more.]