May 31, 2017 | Leadership
In leading small groups and tracking trends over the last 25 years, I’ve done all kinds of things to recruit leaders and get people connected into groups. Some of those things, I had to apologize for. Others, I simply avoided from the start. While this post is not...
Nov 29, 2016 | Perspectives
“You’ll know when you go.” Many years ago a popular local commercial for my Southern town’s newly transplanted NHL hockey team repeated this phrase in order to help encourage the college-basketball-obsessed, NASCAR-enthused sports fans to give hockey a try and go see...
Jul 27, 2016 | Creativity, Perspectives
The writer of the Book of Hebrews gave us a lasting, but very practical, exhortation in Hebrews 10:24-25. He told us that we should not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but continue on. Keep gathering. Keep meeting. That’s because the...
Nov 2, 2015 | Inspiration
Group meetings range from small Bible studies, mentoring, steering committees, to full congregation worship services. It’s important to be intentional with these meetings if you want to make the most of them. In order to make the most of time spent, you’ll...
