What can two Roman emperors teach us about worldly power and the way of Christ? A little something about how ambition, control, and empire-building stand in tension with the humility and servant-heartedness Jesus calls His followers to…

The enduring message believers have heard “from the beginning”—the call to love one another. This foundational truth remains essential for living faithfully in a world full of distractions and shifting values. Let us return to the simplicity and power of abiding in Christ's love…

Much ink has been spilled over the legitimacy of historical revivals. The Jesus Movement and Asbury revivals remind us of the full Gospel, and remind us to be open to the things God is doing, so we can fling wide the doors of the church to a new generation.

Christianity and mental health care can co-exist beautifully and wonderfully to make a difference and save lives. Oftentimes, they are seen as two different entities working in opposite directions resulting in Christians feeling ostracized and ashamed for having mental health challenges…

How does one process the immense loss of their life-partner? George, a recent widower after 52 years of marriage, shares his candid experience of his first few months without his wife. Together they wrote books and led workshops of healthy intimacy in Christian relationships.

What does your dream church look like? Surely no church is fully perfect, but whether you’re reflecting on what church was like for you growing up or what your current church is like, there are likely some aspects which you wish were a little different.

What does it mean for me, personally, in this current season of my life, given my own particular resources, giftedness, and calling from the Lord, to live in a way that is good, righteous, truthful, and wise, making the most of the opportunities I am specifically called to pursue, so that I am able to “please the Lord”?

From the experience of training institutions and business leaders, I found that "asking questions" can be a path to kindness. In the four Gospels, Jesus asked more than 300 questions. But wait a minute, Jesus declared himself to be “the way” and “the truth” and he knew what was in people’s hearts, so why did he ask so many questions?

Building relationships with the LGBTQ community is not so much about changing doctrine, but reapplying the actions of Jesus more authentically.

Have you ever come across a clash of cultures in your church group? Are there ways we can better navigate how and why culture influences our Christianity?

…we are overdue for seeking a rediscovery of Jesus’s “easy yoke” when it comes to our understanding of what it looks like to have a more “restful” spiritual and devotional life.

I have no doubt that implicit racial biases live within me. To some extent, it seems unavoidable. What is not unavoidable, however, is whether or not I succumb to the role of one or many of the “white ally” tropes.

Imagine you’re playing Monopoly, and your objective is to go around the board 400 times. That’s a crazy long game of monopoly, right? But in this game of Monopoly, everyone else is given the typical starting money to play the game and you are not.

…if in fact the church is meant to be a “sign” and “foretaste” of the coming eschatological kingdom of God in the here and now, and such a “sign” includes the restoration of our humanity via participation in the humanity of Christ (who alone is the “True Human”), then anthropology in many ways is a lynchpin within theology…

What can local church ministry look like when we take the time to partner with our local communities and include them in our vision and planning?

Without the past, there can be no justice. Without the present, our values are simply something on paper. Without the future, our decision-making power is greatly limited.

The poet William Yeats, reflecting on the twilight of civilization, famously wrote: “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold… The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity.”

From the early onset of quarantine when we couldn’t tell the difference between Tuesday and Saturday anymore to the shock of how long our small group has been meeting via Zoom, the way I interpret and measure time has been one of the biggest shifts throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

We can suffer from allergies as the body of Christ. And like the springtime, there can be seasons where experiences and perspectives cause our “immune system” (discernment) to go on the offensive.