Evil Triumphs Only If We Do Nothing

On my walk home from work today I came across the depressing sight of chalk-scrawled symbols of hate. It took me a few minutes to gather my thoughts about what to do next. After a few minutes, I filled a pitcher of water, grabbed a scrub brush and off I went to wash away the signs of hate and evil from the sidewalk. It was … Continue reading Evil Triumphs Only If We Do Nothing

This Week’s Links

Each week on the blog I get to share some of what I have seen, read, and found interesting and thought provoking over the past week. To help make sense of all of these links, I have grouped them by the following categories: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice, including a special sub-section related to Pope Francis’ visit to the United States; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought … Continue reading This Week’s Links

This Week’s Links

Each week on the blog I get to share some of what I have seen, read, and found interesting and thought provoking over the past week. To help make sense of all of these links, I have grouped them by the following categories: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Stewardship; and Vocation. I hope you enjoy these links! Church … Continue reading This Week’s Links

Talking about Faith and Finances during Life Transitions

I recently blogged about the challenges of talking about faith and finances in the midst of life’s transitions over at the COMPASS blog. Below is a sample of that post, and I hope you will check out the whole post here.  Talking about money can be hard under what we might consider normal circumstances. But it can be even more difficult to do during times … Continue reading Talking about Faith and Finances during Life Transitions

This Week’s Links

Each week on the blog I get to share some of what I have seen, read, and found interesting and thought provoking over the past week. To help make sense of all of these links, I have grouped them by the following categories: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; Vocation; and … Continue reading This Week’s Links

This Week’s Links

Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share links to some of what I have seen, read, and found thought provoking over the past week. To help make sense of all these different links, I have grouped them by the following topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; … Continue reading This Week’s Links

11 Leadership Lessons from Moving

My wife Allison and I just moved across country, as we begin new roles for this year as Allison will serve a pastoral internship and I will serve as a congregation’s mission developer. This partly explains why the blog has been a bit quieter than usual lately as we have moved and been settling into our new roles. Today I am thinking about our move, … Continue reading 11 Leadership Lessons from Moving

This Week’s Links

  Tuesday on the blog usually means that I get to share some of what I have seen, read, and found interesting with all of you. This week again I’m a little late, but hope to be back on schedule next week. To help make sense of all of these links, I have grouped them by the following categories: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; … Continue reading This Week’s Links

This Week’s Links

Tuesday on the blog usually means that I get to share some of what I have seen, read, and found interesting with all of you. This usually happens every week, but last week being in the midst of moving across country disrupted the usual schedule. So, consider this, though a couple days late, a bit longer dose of links this week to cover the past … Continue reading This Week’s Links

This Week’s Links

Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have seen, read, and found interesting with all of you. To help make sense of these links, I have grouped them by the following categories: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboraton; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; Vocation and Miscellaneous. I hope you … Continue reading This Week’s Links