Inklings It was 2016, I had just turned 50 and my wife and I and our adult children with their spouses were relocating to our third city to plant another “something.” We had previously planted in Portland, Oregon and Denver, Colorado. But this time was different. Why were we going? Well, the simple answer is […]
There are moments in a leader’s life when the familiar ground begins to shift. Sometimes it happens slowly, like a tide pulling back from shore. Other times it is a sudden whisper, a holy nudge that something is changing. Every woman who has led for any length of time knows this feeling: The quiet awareness […]
Back in the golden days of cafes, before metal chairs with short backs assaulted my body and destroyed my back, coffee places were flush with pastors. I might work on a sermon, engage the people of my community, and sip a divine dirty chai all at once. Bougie coffee spots were a one stop shop […]
The Original Vision: A Rummage Sale and a Question “About every five hundred years, the church feels compelled to hold a giant rummage sale.” This quote from Phyllis Tickle in her book, The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why, captures our moment. We are in the middle of one of those giant rummage […]
