Why Your Spiritual Formation is Like Composting

Why Your Spiritual Formation is Like Composting

I’ve never had a green thumb. My wife tends indoor plants and outside flowers. I’ve never had the urge to garden, though I wish I had. But I’ve enjoyed making dirt for over 30 years. Soil, I should say. Dark, fertile, nutrition-rich soil that growing things need to...

3 Needs That Help Church Groups Grow Disciples

When life is stable and things are good, our sense of need for robust Christian relationships may seem small. Yet, when we find ourselves living in the 21st century, our need for faith-based invigorated ongoing relationship skyrockets. When Christian people decide...

Why Some Christians Neglect Feeding Themselves

How often have you heard someone say, “I’m just not being fed” as they left your church to join another? I have always thought that such a statement was a bit humorous.  After observing my own children when they were young and receiving a refresher...

Why Church Will Never Change Some Folks

In the late 1970s, when Anita and I were in seminary in Louisville, Ky., my maternal grandparents, who lived four hours away in Huntington, W.Va., were the relatives to whom we most closely lived. Whenever we could, usually a few times a year, we’d visit them in...