Part of our job as leaders is to mobilize God’s people as everyday missionaries. To be ambassadors for Jesus where they work, play, drink, grab a coffee in the morning. In short, where they live...
The book was a best-seller for many weeks, so I read it as a 20-year-old hoping to understand business. Titled “Winning Through Intimidation,” it was all about gaining a power position over your...
Growing up in church can be a disadvantage when it comes to sharing our faith. Our youth pastor asked me to give an eight-minute “sermon” to 120 of my peers in a high school Sunday School event. Most...
As a young person, Christian apologetics held a strong appeal for me. I thought “having all the answers” would enable me to beat my non-believing friends into a relationship with Jesus. As a youth...
We’re seeing a land transfer within the “big-C” church. I saw it in Holland. My friend, an attorney-turned-pastor, was excited that a tiny church began meeting in the local...
This week, I posted a video clip someone sent me from a TV interview I did 37 years ago. I appeared on the show about seven months before our move to Hawaii. I had more hair then (this was the 1980s)...
I’ve been reading about scientific revolutions. You know, Copernicus, Newton, Einstein and the rest. Each of the above triggered a revolution that created a new normal (a term I’ve come...