3 Reasons Your Fall Launch Keeps Falling Flat
Nature tells us that fall is a bridge season; it’s a time when things are winding down from summer before a dormant winter. Leaves are falling from trees before those trees enter into winter dorman...
3 Mistakes Churches Make When They Pilot Rooted
My high school basketball coach used to get so frustrated with our team. We were a bunch of jokesters, always trying to make each other laugh, and we had a tendency to not take practice seriously. ...
Discipleship in the Fall Is a Summer Decision
How do the people in your congregation view the summer? If they’re like most people, they see the purpose of summer through the lens of relaxation and social reconnection, and most of them are plan...
7 Mistakes Churches Make With Summer Discipleship
For a lot of people, summertime is a slow time of year. It can be quite wonderful. But, for some, summer can be chaotic, busy, and a season to simply survive while maintaining some shred of sanity....
3 Reasons to Pilot Rooted in the Summer
Spring is in full swing, and summer is fast-approaching. Many churches will offer vacation Bible school, student summer camps, and other ministry opportunities this summer, but how might churches u...
Don’t Waste the Best Discipleship Opportunity of the Year
When you think of important days in the life of the church, no doubt two spring to mind most immediately—Christmas and Easter. These aren’t just holidays; they are deeply theological markers on the...
5 Great Small Group Bible Studies for Summer
Summer is shorter than it feels. Of course this is the case when you’re a kid, and it can feel like summer happens in the blink of an eye. But it can feel that way when you’re an adult, too. It can...