Ideas for Church, Leadership, Neighborhood, & City

Got to hand out with a local missions leader in my city of Calgary. We talked on his podcast on a number of subjects. It's worth the listen. Jump to the 13 min mark to hear about my church plant Cypher Church, and how we work in a post-Christian context. Have a listen...

This is a copy of a session I did for a recent event called, "Elemental" put on by the Pathfinders Fellowship. The second church I co-planted called Cypher Church, is designed for the “outsiders"—people who would never connect with a contemporary church on their own....

In this previous post I discussed how often the church labels non-churchgoers as atheists even when they're not. Yes, the majority of people don't attend a monthly religious service, but that doesn't mean atheist. 5-8% of North Americans would tick that box. The rest?...

When children in Sandy Hook were massacred by semi-automatic fire America had a choice: do something or do nothing. The implications for the latter would be grave. To do nothing after school children are shot dead would leave a bold statement that even the most...

The institution is crumbling! The church is declining! Evangelicalism is crumbling! You've heard it all before. How did it happen? The main reason is simple. The once dominant white Protestant demographic has now become a slight minority in America. You can blame baby...

This tweet of mine has garnered the most attention out of nearly 9000 tweets. Sexual abuse is not covered by pastoral confidentiality. // The night my church plant launched someone came in mid-service & confessed to sex crimes. I never once thought he had...