Do you ever feel like you are all alone? If you are a leader in a small, evangelical church, it is easy to feel like you are. This morning I want to encourage you by telling you that you are…
Lies We’ve Been Told
Dave Jacobs in a blog entry entitled What if there are no ‘growth barriers’ for you to break through says this: “We can be small and think small. We can focus on what we can’t do rather than what we…
True Community In A Small Church
As I do most days I went for a walk this morning on the track that surrounds the ice surface at the local community center. It was a little busier than usual this morning with about twenty people walking. What…
The Power of Fear: The Fear of Failure
In 1941 Ted Williams, a man whom many consider the greatest hitter in the history of baseball, hit .406. That is the highest batting average in the past seventy-five years. No one has even come close in all that time…
The Power of Fear: The Fear of Hurting People
My goal in life is to convince churches that their greatest challenge is to turn people attending their churches into four-directional Christians. At this point you may be asking: “What is a four-directional Christian?” For a detailed description you can…
The Power Of A Quiet Life
As I begin this blog entry I am sitting in a hospital cafeteria in Northern Ontario as my wife and her three sisters care for their father who has been quite ill for the past two weeks. We don’t know…
A Note of Encouragement
As we enter a new year, I could think of nothing more appropriate than to begin with a note of encouragement. I hope that this entry fits that bill. As I look back over the year just completed, one of…
The Disciple’s Prayer
Another year is almost gone. We are just a few days away from New Year’s Eve. I think that for most of us a new year begins with mixed emotions. If you are like me, you will have some disappointments…
Wishing You A Wonderful Christmas
I love Christmas. When my children were small, Christmas Day was the highlight of my year. I still love the Christmas season but some of the excitement is gone now that my children have left home. One of the things…
Small Church Choices For Small Churches
Every once in a while something jumps off the screen when I am reading someone else’s blog and the following quote did exactly that for me this week. While I am just quoting one small section, the entire blog written…