by Zach Meerkreebs | Apr 16, 2019 | Church, City
A leader once told me “every great fall is preceded by a series of small missteps.” These words became real to me as I saw four of the pastors on our staff experience moral failures in the first two years of vocational ministry. They all exited the ministry. I...
by Alan Briggs | Apr 2, 2019 | Church, City
Let me guess; you admire a leader and want to get together with them to “pick their brain”. You want to extract their best info, insider secrets and tips on how to get where they are. It’s a sound plan, but here’s the problem; dozens of others want to pick their brain...
by Alan Briggs | Mar 26, 2019 | Church, City, Neighborhood
I recently read this for a friend at his book release party… There are few art forms lonelier than writing a book. Writing a book is a marathon on a cold, dark night. You can see your breath and your feet slide across the ice from time to time. Your light grows...
by Jonathan Collier | Mar 13, 2019 | Blog, Church
I have never, ever, enjoyed filling out daily planners. Having my day regimented into tiny blocks of time just didn’t work for me. I still get anxious thinking about having to do it. If I’m being honest, those generic tools don’t really accomplish much, and if it were...
by Alan Briggs | Feb 26, 2019 | Church, City, Family
It felt wrong. It was my first time, but since then it’s become a habit. I used to think I should break this dirty habit, but now I don’t want to. Here’s my confession; I skip a lot of conference sessions for conversations. There, I said it....
by Alan Briggs | Feb 14, 2019 | Church, City, Family
I hate when pastor scandals break in the news. We’ve come to expect these headlines will involve sexual sin or destructive pride, but occasionally a story breaks of a pastor who was money-hungry. These financial scandals grieve me on two levels; the damage this causes...
