I began publishing videos on YouTube in August 2015. For the first few years, I released one video a week, every Tuesday at 10 a.m. When I saw that the channel was growing exponentially, I had the crazy idea to release two videos a week, one on Tuesday and one on...
Everything’s perfect. It was the last week of my sophomore year at the University of Colorado Boulder. I had the rest of my life planned out. Halfway done with a biochemistry degree. Medical school in my sights. Dreams of being an orthopedic surgeon for a professional...
Why the willingness to raise a concern is one of the quiet marks of a healthy church Every church says it wants people to speak up. We tell our congregations that our door is always open, that they can come to us with anything, that no concern is too small. And we...
Brad Waggoner is a close and longtime friend. Over the past several years, I’ve seen the fire of evangelism burn in his life like I’ve seen in only a few Christians. On the one hand, he puts me to shame. On the other hand, he encourages and motivates me. I asked him a...
Church Hurt Can Wound Pastors and Ministry Leaders Too The large church my friend’s family had helped build abruptly dismissed her son, their associate pastor. This honorable young father suddenly found himself with no income and lots of confusion. My friend asked,...
As we think about finding and living our purpose on planet Earth, we need to rethink much of what the world teaches us. The world insists that “bigger is better,” “more is mightier,” and “success is measured by size,” yet God tells us that those things are rarely...
Why safety in a church is built quietly, over time, long before anyone needs it Safer Ministry Environments Begin With Watchful Leadership Most of us who lead in ministry never set out to build a safe church. We set out to build a faithful one. We wanted to preach...
Healthy Roots for Leaders Must Be Stronger Than the Storm When a tree topples, typically no one is harmed, but a toppling leader brings damage to everyone surrounding the leader: a family, a company, a congregation. Trust is broken. Dreams and goals seem to be ruined....
When You've Been With Jesus, Your Life Begins to Change There are moments in a journey when you pause, not because the mission is finished, but because it’s worth remembering how you got there. A 75th anniversary is one of those moments. As I reflect back over the...
Pastors and Christian leaders are uniquely positioned to benefit from AI tools — and uniquely vulnerable to misusing them. Ministry is deeply human work. It involves souls, stories, suffering, repentance, celebration, and presence. Artificial intelligence can support...
I began publishing videos on YouTube in August 2015. For the first few years, I released one video a week, every Tuesday at 10 a.m. When I saw that the channel was growing exponentially, I had the crazy idea to release two videos a week, one on Tuesday and one on...
Everything’s perfect. It was the last week of my sophomore year at the University of Colorado Boulder. I had the rest of my life planned out. Halfway done with a biochemistry degree. Medical school in my sights. Dreams of being an orthopedic surgeon for a professional...
Why the willingness to raise a concern is one of the quiet marks of a healthy church Every church says it wants people to speak up. We tell our congregations that our door is always open, that they can come to us with anything, that no concern is too small. And we...
Brad Waggoner is a close and longtime friend. Over the past several years, I’ve seen the fire of evangelism burn in his life like I’ve seen in only a few Christians. On the one hand, he puts me to shame. On the other hand, he encourages and motivates me. I asked him a...
Church Hurt Can Wound Pastors and Ministry Leaders Too The large church my friend’s family had helped build abruptly dismissed her son, their associate pastor. This honorable young father suddenly found himself with no income and lots of confusion. My friend asked,...
As we think about finding and living our purpose on planet Earth, we need to rethink much of what the world teaches us. The world insists that “bigger is better,” “more is mightier,” and “success is measured by size,” yet God tells us that those things are rarely...
Why safety in a church is built quietly, over time, long before anyone needs it Safer Ministry Environments Begin With Watchful Leadership Most of us who lead in ministry never set out to build a safe church. We set out to build a faithful one. We wanted to preach...
Healthy Roots for Leaders Must Be Stronger Than the Storm When a tree topples, typically no one is harmed, but a toppling leader brings damage to everyone surrounding the leader: a family, a company, a congregation. Trust is broken. Dreams and goals seem to be ruined....
When You've Been With Jesus, Your Life Begins to Change There are moments in a journey when you pause, not because the mission is finished, but because it’s worth remembering how you got there. A 75th anniversary is one of those moments. As I reflect back over the...
Pastors and Christian leaders are uniquely positioned to benefit from AI tools — and uniquely vulnerable to misusing them. Ministry is deeply human work. It involves souls, stories, suffering, repentance, celebration, and presence. Artificial intelligence can support...
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