Category: Missional Church

Church, Family, Leadership, Millennials, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Theology, Vocation

Congratulations, Hallelujah, and Thanks be to God!

In the midst of life and its many constant changes and transitions, it is imperative that you take time to express that gratitude and thankfulness that resides deep within your heart, mind, and soul. Today’s reflection really comes out of this perspective. Allison and I have had the great joy and pleasure to walk alongside a number of friends as they have discerned calls towards … Continue reading Congratulations, Hallelujah, and Thanks be to God!

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Change, Church, Conflict, Cross Sector Collaboration, Daily Life, Leadership, Millennials, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Nonprofits, Social Sector, Theology, Vocation, Worship

This Week’s Links

Tuesday on the blog means that it is time to share some links to things I have found interesting, head-scratching or thought-provoking over the past week. As always, I break up the links into categories. This week’s topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Vocation; Worship and Miscellaneous. I hope … Continue reading This Week’s Links

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Church, Leadership, Missional Church

How do you cultivate lay leadership?

You might often hear the term “lay leadership” every once and awhile in church and ministry areas of thought. Many people describe this differently.  The description that I prefer is one meaning the non-congregational staff or non-clergy who are serving in some form of volunteer leadership within a congregation or faith community. Admittedly, it is an insider term and “leaders” or “non-staff leaders” might be … Continue reading How do you cultivate lay leadership?

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Change, Church, Conflict, Cross Sector Collaboration, Daily Life, Family, Leadership, Millennials, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Social Sector, Stewardship, Theology, Vocation, Worship

This Week’s Links

Tuesday means that it is time to share some of what I have come across, read, and found interesting in the past week. This week’s topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; Vocation; Worship and Miscellaneous. I entrust them to you now and hope you enjoy them and find … Continue reading This Week’s Links

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Love, Transform, Serve

Last Sunday, Pastor Dan Poffenberger shared a thought provoking message grounded in and tied to Luke 5:33-39. He built particularly off of the ideas of “new and old wine skins” found in verses 37-38. Based on this, Dan outlined a few of the values and mission understanding that Trinity Lutheran (the congregation he serves) claims and uses: “Love, Transform, Serve.” I am not going to add much … Continue reading Love, Transform, Serve

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To the soon to be commenced…

An idea struck me earlier this week- perhaps it would be fun to share a post for graduates, or soon to be graduates. Since I have a special connection with many in the graduating class from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota this year, my thoughts are going to be directed to them. But perhaps these would be appropriate to other graduates? If there is … Continue reading To the soon to be commenced…

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Change, Church, Cross Sector Collaboration, Leadership, Millennials, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Nonprofits, Social Sector, Stewardship, Theology, Vocation

This Week’s Links

Happy Tuesday everyone! Tuesday here on the blog means it is time to share some of what I have found interesting and thought-provoking this past week with all of you. This week’s topic categories include: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; Vocation and Miscellaneous. You may notice that there is a … Continue reading This Week’s Links

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This Week’s Links

Tuesday means that its time to share some of what I have seen, read, and found interesting and thought provoking with you over the past week. This week’s topic categories include: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; Vocation and Miscellaneous. I hope you enjoy these and I entrust them to you now. … Continue reading This Week’s Links

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The Beauty of Conversation

I love a good conversation, don’t you? By this I mean a conversation which doesn’t have only one objective, and rather one in which you have freed yourself up to share what’s going on and to ask questions of another(s) in the conversation and see where those questions lead.  Time really isn’t an issue, in fact in a good conversation you might even lose track … Continue reading The Beauty of Conversation

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