Recently a friend asked me this question: What are 3-5 forces or key variables that will affect the growth of our ministry? After pondering his question for several days, I responded with these four cultural shifts that are affecting you and me right now. 1. Cultural shifts that reflect an underlying and often inexplicit post-modern worldview. […]
If things didn’t need to change we wouldn’t need you to lead. We could get by with some excellent management of existing resources. We could keep producing what we produced last year. We could point people to last week’s message (or book, or meeting, or event) and talk about how well things went. All of […]
Father of Jesus, Dawn is here again, but without your light within me no outward light can benefit me; Give me the saving lamp of your Spirit that I may see you, the God of my salvation, the delight of my soul, rejoicing over me in love. I give my heart to your watchful care, for […]