Ideas for Church, Leadership, Neighborhood, & City

It can be done. Chief among churches who are suffering the loss of Christendom are mainline denominations who have the added burden of maintaining capital assets. Imagine a world where the church is struggling because it has too many buildings to pay for.... It's a...

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...