Small Town Missiological Contextualization…

Welcome Home: 10 Ways to be a Welcoming Church

Here is a guest post from my friend, Michael Houle. Mike is the c0-Senior Pastor of Valley Vineyard Church in Chippewa Falls, WI. He’s a good friend of mine and what follows are some excellent thoughts on being a welcoming community!...
Small Town Missiological Contextualization…

Discipleship Gone Wrong: 5 Ways to Get Back on Track

What is a disciple? Some people say that a disciple is someone who is “following Jesus together as their Master and Teacher so that they may become just like Jesus.” Years ago, Walter Henrichsen said that Disciples are Made Not Born. Jesus himself said that the...
When the Kingdom of God Becomes a Playground

When the Kingdom of God Becomes a Playground

In my early years of ministry, I used to repeat something I’d heard a lot when I was younger: when we gather together for worship, we need to expect God to move. While I don’t want to minimize the value of having expectation or of the importance of...