The Church Has Lost Its Imagination
Has the contemporary church lost its imagination? Are we able to dream, let alone do, new things...
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Category: Church & Culture
The End. How Losing the Last Millennials from Church Exposes Leadership Problems
This would be a nice song to play while reading this post. In the final chapter of my book,...
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Stop Listening to Mega Church Pastors. Why Your Church Isn’t Mediocre
One of the most damaging aspects of consumer Christianity is big churches telling smaller churches...
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Closed to Mission: Predictions for the Asian American and Canadian Church
In my book, "Thrive." I explore how the contemporary church can live out its mission in a...
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Revitalizing the Church on the Margins
It can be done. Chief among churches who are suffering the loss of Christendom are mainline...
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Over at the Inception of Wonder Podcast
Got to hand out with a local missions leader in my city of Calgary. We talked on his podcast on a...
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5 Ideas To Help Your Church Thrive in Post-Christendom
This is a copy of a session I did for a recent event called, "Elemental" put on by the Pathfinders...
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SBNR – The Spiritual But Not Religious vs. Religion
In this previous post I discussed how often the church labels non-churchgoers as atheists even...
Read MoreGodless? Why the Decline in Religion Doesn’t Mean an Increase in Atheism
My first church plant was situated in an eclectic inner-city neighborhood mostly comprised of the “nones and dones”. We benefited by partnering with a coffee shop that doubled as a ministry. They were around for...
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Fix Gun Culture, Fix the Gun Problems – From Canada with Love
When children in Sandy Hook were massacred by semi-automatic fire America had a choice: do...
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Shout Increase! Why Declining Religious Affiliation is an Opportunity for the Church
The institution is crumbling! The church is declining! Evangelicalism is crumbling! You’ve...
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How to Respond to #churchtoo #metoo
This tweet of mine has garnered the most attention out of nearly 9000 tweets. Sexual abuse is not...
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