Jim continued, "I like orality because it helps me produce leaders. The number one thing I hear when I ask a person to lead a small group is I don't know enough.' Why? Because they have in mind that old model that says, I have to have all the answers.' But when I ask them, Can you tell a story and ask questions?' they say, Of course, I can do

If our families are to be all that they are meant to be—schools of wisdom and courage—they will have to become more like the church, households where we are actively formed into something more than our culture would ask us to be.

typical linear discipleship models don’t handle this kind of randomness very well. They seem to be designed with the assumption that knowledge and character can be inventoried and stored up for later use.

One of the most basic mistakes ministers make is to regurgitate the methods and programs that have personally influenced them.