6 Signs Your Congregation Doesn’t Smell Right

I regularly read outside the world of congregational life in an effort to understand leadership issues. In Fast Company magazine, I found an article dedicated to helping startup entrepreneurs establish healthy practices. The title, “6 Signs Your Company Culture...

Will children support their parents?

The April 6 Parade magazine included an interesting take on relations between the “boomer” generation, now moving into retirement, and their children, the “millennials.” (Here’s a similar report from NPR). While demographers and...

“Noah”

Having been in one of those Billy Graham evangelistic movies nearly 50 years ago, I consider myself qualified to provide a legitimate review of a Christian movie. The movie is “Noah.” Since there was so much buzz about the film, I anticipated big crowds....

Is Your Church’s Worship Like a Grounded Goose?

Jesus’ conversation with the woman of Samaria in the Gospel of John provides one of the most significant statements about worship in the Bible. The Father seeks, Jesus says, those who worship him “in spirit and truth” (John 4:23). To worship...

What Does Love Do? Sometimes, It Shops for Shoes

Her name is Mickey and she found me on Tuesday of last week, timid and uncertain. If you look up the definition of “mousy” in the dictionary, the entry should have her picture next to it. She is petite and naive looking. Though 26 years old, she looks 18...