“Every pastor is an interim pastor.” That bold statement is the opening sentence of Next: Pastoral Succession That Works. It is true for public, private, and non-profit leaders. I think it is…
Category: Church Life
Matthew 15 – Fiddler on the Roof
Day 15 of #DailyMatthew. Okay, I’m going to sound old here, but … do you remember the movie Fiddler on the Roof? A classic, in some people’s minds. In our family’s mind,…
History of the Church in Prince George
With Prince George’s 100th Anniversary looming on the horizon, I recently started to think about the history of churches in Prince George, and I quickly discovered that I was fairly uninformed. 🙁…
Leadership and Fish Vomit
Leadership is weird. On one hand, being a strategic part of proactive and effective organizational transformation and change is exciting and invigorating. But on the other hand, being a part of such…
The Grand Narrative
Are you a person who sees the trees or sees the forest? In other words, do you gravitate toward individual pieces and details, or toward the big picture and overall themes? Both…
What Makes a Human “Human”?
Further to my talk on Genesis and Human Origins, here is the presentation that I used: What Makes a Human “Human” (and why it matters) At the end of my talk, the…
Can you Tweet in church? Apparently, you can!
If you have followed me on Twitter lately, you know that Westwood Church has experimented with using Twitter as part of the Sunday morning services the last few months (as part of…
Religious Resilience in Canada
I’ve written about the state of spirituality and Christianity in Canada before (click here), but Reginald Bibby has just released a fresh analysis called “A New Day: The Resilience & Restructuring of…
Leadership, convergence, and your “sweet spot”
I have been thinking about the big picture of leadership for a while now, and one of the more interesting books that I have read recently is Reframing Academic Leadership, by Bolman…
You Lost Me
Have you drifted away from Christianity and/or the church? I have been reading the book You Lost Me by David Kinnaman, and I have been challenged by some of the thought provoking…