Sublime

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

here’s how we use storying. Our pastoral team meets and chooses a story set for the year that we think is relevant for our people and what they are dealing with. This is called a biblical arc. Three years ago, we did a walk through the Bible from the Old Testament to the Cross. The next year, we went through the gospels, showing what Jesus did to t

At the foundation of a community are human beings, and the fulcrum of the human being is the human heart. Unfortunately, we keep on trying shortcuts. We rush in with all sorts of buildings and programs, but unless the people’s hearts are properly oriented, we are just building on sinking sand. There simply are no shortcuts. There is no other way. T

Before God can do a great work in an organization, that work must be done first in the heart of the leader.

Sunday morning gatherings helped him understand his life, but they didn’t empower him to bring life to others.

my strategy is “Schaefferian” in the sense that my primary audience is not just philosophers but practitioners—more specifically, Christians engaged in ministry in a postmodern world, as well as searching inhabitants of this postmodern world. As such, these essays are not an academic project per se.

Christ in us is the key to leadership at every stage of the lifecycle. Remaining in him is the key to the rise of movements. Abandoning him is the key to the fall of movements.