Words of Wisdom

Last night, I had the opportunity to share dinner with leaders celebrating 5 and 10 year anniversaries of their church’s launch and with future church planters.  My favorite part of the evening came when the leaders celebrating their anniversaries poured wisdom...

Reconnecting

Over 53 million people of Hispanic descent live in the United States. Two-thirds of all Latinos living in the U.S. were born in the United States. Of those, 96% speak primarily English, with more than 60% speaking only English. 22% (16 million) of all U.S. children...

Generosity

Teaching people about stewardship, generosity and simply how to honor God with their finances is one of the most important things we can do as church leaders. Our Generosity Pre-conference at Expo West will be taught by some of the best practitioners in the country....

Pizza and Jesus

This past Sunday evening I got to spend some time with Pizza, Jesus…and my daughter’s friends.  She had invited them over for a casual evening where they could eat together and talk about Jesus.  She asked me to part of that time and I was honored.  Here are a...

Breaking Bad with Good News

I love this story of how New City Church is intentionally caring for children… As Lead Pastor of New City Church, Nate Bush regularly asks himself two questions: 1) “Thirty years from now, how will Albuquerque, New Mexico, be different because of New City...