Smithsonian Channel’s “Air Disasters” is must-watch TV in my home. The catastrophic incidents in aviation history are presented with reenactments, survivor interviews and cockpit recordings. But what’s particularly interesting are the insights that show what went wrong and whether or not the crashes could have been prevented. Accidents sometimes occur
Vision is clarified. Strategy is developed. Action plans are implemented. Lives are changed. Needs are met. Growth follows. The pattern repeats. And the end never comes. Or does it? The reality is that growth seasons run in cycles. As sure as there’s a beginning, there’s an end. What kind of
Have you thought lately about the people you used to see at church? They may be folks who came regularly prior to COVID-19 and the resulting closures. They could be people who spent most of their time around the edges of church life—the ones who may not have fully committed
What do you need to stop, start or continue? Visualize the idea of making ministry adjustments as a traffic light: Red = Stop Green = Start Yellow = Continue Stop. At the top sits a red light, signaling the question: What do you need to STOP doing? If a ministry
Too many times, our team has made the “giant leap” ministry mistake. Instead of providing an easy and obvious step into ministry or discipleship, we’ve made things more complicated than they had to be. Churches have a tendency to overprogram as they build layer upon layer of new ministries over
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