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What Kept a Bilingual Church Together Through a Hard Winter
Why Is It So Hard to Make Disciples Today?
What We Learned Looking Back on Season 7
The Church Has Survived Worse Than This
Contemplative, Charismatic, and Centuries Old, All in One Church
A Solo Reflection on Prayer, Longing, and an Australian Movie from the 90s
Leadership for a Diverse Church
What Sunday Morning Teaches People About Monday
Ministry That Doesn't Rush Toward Results
Augustine Was a Pastor First
A Different Kind of Strength
The People in Your Church Don't Belong to You
The Church With No Budget, No Staff, and No Sunday Service
Why the Ancient Church Might Have the Answer We're Missing
Why Is Cultivating Community in Church So Hard Right Now?
Amen Means I Trust You
Half of Christians Say Faith Is Private. Here's What We're Losing
You Don't Own the Spirit: The Meaning of Pentecost
The False Choice That's Been Costing the Church for a Hundred Years
The Early Church Was Figuring It Out Too
God Doesn't Say Follow Your Bliss
What to Say (and Not to Say) to People Who Are Suffering
A Crowd Is Not a Community
The Two Things That Have Always Renewed the Church
The Easter Word That Doesn't Expire feat. Jennifer Vija Pietz
The Roots of the Crisis of Community in the West
When Fear Became Normal, the Church Got Real
Most Americans Still Believe in God. So Why Aren't They in Your Church?
When Did Politics Become More Powerful Than Faith?
Setting the Table: When Dinner Church Filled Rooms with the Unchurched
What If Lent Wasn't About Giving Up, But Showing Up?
The Problem With Trying to Make God Show Up
What If You Stopped Doing Everything? A Q&A on Lay-Led Ministry
The Church Planters Hiding in Your Congregation
Why Stay Protestant?
What Happens When Familiarity Wears Off the Edge
Two Pastors, One Vision, and a Merger That Changed Everything
Pastoral Care for Pastors: What That Stable Teaches Us
What Does AI Mean for the Church? A Conversation with Dr. Paul Hoffman
The Pain You Don't Name, You Transmit to Others
What Blessing Actually Means (And Why It Matters This Thanksgiving)
Church Planting Without a Template: The Starter's Way
Why Young Adults Aren't Necessarily Leaving Faith (And What They're Actually Looking For)
When Mental Health Ministry Becomes Everyone's Work
A Regional Church System Cultivates Faithful Innovation
The Gap Between Sunday Sermons and Monday Struggles
The Sacred Listening Revolution in Youth Ministry
What Happens When Church Leaders Stop Trying to Be Perfect
Why You Were Never Meant to Lead Alone
Why Smaller Churches Have a Secret Advantage Right Now
Why 70% of Church Change Efforts Fail (And How to Beat Those Odds)
Why Your Church's Best Days Are Ahead (Even If Attendance Is Down)
Why Authentic Christian Leadership Has Nothing to Do With Perfect Methods
The Lost Art That Formed Deep Disciples for 300 Years (And Why Churches Are Rediscovering It)
The Question that Left Stewardship Leaders Speechless
What If Your Church's Problems Aren't Meant to Be Fixed?
What if Your "Empty" Church Building is Actually Your Greatest Ministry Asset?
Why We're "The Ancients Again" (And What That Means for Your Church)
What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do (with Dr. Angela Gorrell)
Why This Church Traded Their Biggest Event for a Coffee Shop (And What Happened Next)
How Fresh Expressions Saved This Pastor's Ministry (And Her Sanity)
Has Religion Become Obsolete? with Christian Smith (Part 2)
Has Religion Become Obsolete? A Conversation with Christian Smith
Reframing Evangelism: Following Jesus into Sorrow with Andy Root Part 2
Reframing Evangelism: Following Jesus into Sorrow with Andy Root (Part 1)
Being Church During Community Crisis
One Vine, Many Branches: Why Your Church Needs Multiple Models to Thrive
What Do Jazz and Biblical Preaching Have in Common? Finding Your Improvisational Voice
From Harbor to Breakwater: How This Church Turned $150K into $6 Million in Community Impact
What Today's College Students Are Really Seeking in Spiritual Communities
The Radical Relief of Grace: Where Churches Find Freedom Beyond Achievement
Setting the Sails to God's Spirit: A Father and Son's Journey in Church Leadership
Holy Week: Slowing Down the Journey
Stop Fixing Everything: Rediscover Your Church's Purpose
You Don't Have to Do Youth Ministry Alone: The Freedom of Church Collaboration
Tending the Garden of Faith: Christian Mysticism for a Disenchanted Age
Planting in Jesus’s Way: Leading as Apprentices
“God Is Running the Universe, Not Me”: A Lenten Reality Check
How Coffee and Laundry Transformed a Congregation
Is Your Church Too Tame? Embracing the Wild Spirit
The $0 Ministry Experiment that Reached Hundreds of New People
Wait, Who’s Actually Growing Churches in the West?
Is Your Preaching Actually Reaching People?
Beyond Church-Centric Ministry: Anchor Church's mission to make a great city
MLK's Beloved Community: Your Church's Guide Through Divided Times
What If Sermon Prep Could Transform Your Spiritual Life?
Ministry Education in Crisis? Why Seminary Leaders Are Actually Hopeful
Advent Hope: A Gift We Receive with Rolf Jacobson
When Church Change Feels Hard: Your Questions Answered
Episode 106: Beer Church and Beyond Creating Spiritual Community in Breweries, Parks, and Public Spaces with promo
Episode 105: Reclaiming Advent - Simple Church Activities for Sacred Presence
Episode 104: Can the West Be Converted?
Episode 103: Church Community Building: How a Café Created a Church
Episode 102: Political Theology Reimagined: Dr. Joel Lawrence on “Sabbath Politics” in a Polarized World
Episode 101: Reformation Day Wisdom for the 21st Century Church
Episode 100: Church Planting Reimagined: Nick Warnes on Discernment, Adaptability, and Inclusive Leadership
Episode 99: The Future of Church Planting: Innovating for God's Mission with Len Tang
Episode 98: Reimagining Contemplative Practices for Modern Life: From Wall Street to Renewal
Episode 97: Innovative Church Fundraising Ideas: Transforming Spaces into Sustainable Income
Episode 96: Missional Leadership Reimagined: JR Woodward’s Four Spaces of Belonging