I don’t know how much this affects other people, but since I’ve gotten a couple of questions on it, I thought there might be others interested in an answer. I got this question in an email the other day:
Do you have a brief opinion about whether or not Christ followers should be evaluating people [...]

A friend sent me this link today and it is an eye-opening view of the statistics of health, mortality, income, and family size throughout the entire world. With humor and animated graphics Hans Rosling, of Gapminder.org provides statistics as you’ve never seen them presented before.
There’s no spiritual take-away here from the presenter, [...]

I saw this paragraph in an email sent to me today and I loved it:
We all feel ready again to be alongside & encourage our brothers & sisters – no matter what their particular preference/understanding is of ‘church’ or ‘mission’ – without feeling intimidated or insecure in our own journey. Our desire now is [...]

Just got this yesterday and couldn’t resist passing it on—both for a reality check for us all, and for your prayers on behalf of these brothers and sisters in a Muslim-dominated area of Ethiopia. What an amazing story of the raw reality of the kingdom unfolding in people who from the first days of faith [...]

Hi all! Wow! It’s good to be home after a very busy summer, with some travel to encourage God’s family and some to refresh mine. It is so good to be back in my home for these days. Tons of stuff, however, has piled up. And, while I was gone, [...]

I’m sure many of you will recognize these feelings. I received this email over the weekend:
We’re at a point in our lives where we are so tired of “doing church”
My wife and I were “raised in the Church”—in fact, my Dad used to be a pastor. it provided a good “structure” [...]

The Spanish Translation of So You Don’t Want To Go To Church Anymore is now available in HTML and PDF formats for our Spanish-speaking brothers and sisters. A dear brother donated his time and expertise in making this translation available free of charge to anyone who wants it.
If others would like to help us [...]

I know! I know! I’ve been running around way too much. But it is soooo good to be home. Due to travels this summer, as well as some vacation time, I’ve not been home much and I have missed it. Last night was the ninth night I’ve slept in my [...]

I’m on an extended weekend away to spend some time with my family. Daughter Julie and granddaughter Aimee are with Sara and me at my folk’s place up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Central California. My son and son-in-law will join us for the weekend and we have a few friends dropping [...]