Reversing Thunder

       A slow, sustained and sometimes serious reading of the Bible, far from narrowing my thinking has expanded it by continually satisfyin...

  Sometimes your kids point you in the right direction.  The following is from a text exchange with a thoughtful middle daughter who wanted ...

 The increasingly frequent announcements that the church in America is declining come with hand wringing and pearl clutching for some and th...

It was a small lunch meeting of a few experienced, thoughtful, regular guy pastors.  No long-bearded whiz kids. No visionaries, empire build...

For church leaders, the post-Covid waters are treacherous. Bombarded with frequent reports of universal church decline, the rise of the ...

Making a case that churches and church leaders got an especially brutal pummeling during pandemic and lockdown would be a snap. Even in the ...

Popeye said "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em", and so I will. I'm giving up disciple making, hospital and shut-in ...