Christianese is a term used to refer to the insider language that Christians use to communicate within church subculture. The problem is that most people outside the church (and even some within) have no idea what’s going on when one breaks into a wonderfully-woven stream of buzzwords that often end up as bumper stickers and motivational posters with eagles perched on snowy mountaintops.
05 Feb
For me there’s a pride in being busy. I fight against it all the time. I don’t like to be a person that is assumed to be idle. I get frustrated with my wife if she approaches me during the day and assumes I can go do something for her to which I reply, “Can’t you see I’m working?”
01 Feb
As a leader, you own what goes on in your ministry or organization. If “mis-communication” happens, you are the only one who can fix it and prevent it from happening again. Simply giving it a broad label does nothing but invites dysfunction in for a second date.
28 Jan
We need to be missional, we need to push our churches to be missional, but our students need to understand who they are and who they are in Christ before we push them to be missinal. May Jesus, who is so faithful and uses all our feeble attempts, continue to woo, redeem and transform our students so that He may use them to missionaries in their context.
14 Jan
As a church leader, how do you speak to people at your church who have been there for an extended period of time, but are still not engaging the way you want them to? Here are some ideas on how to jump start your congregations’ collective walk with Jesus.
31 Dec
New Year’s resolutions are so trendy that intentionally not doing them to make a statement has become trendy itself. That puts us back at square one, and so here we are making resolutions.
17 Nov
As a church leader, you can avoid creating a culture where people love the institution more than their Savior by always putting him front and center. This list is intended to make you laugh and cause you to think and diagnose the problem of church idolatry in your community.
12 Nov
In the business of the local church, we abide by several ‘we have always done it that way’ philosophies. Usually, our intentions are pure we just don’t have the time and/or resources to stay fresh and current. Half of the problem is pointing out the sacred cows to begin with and the purpose of this list is to help you with that.
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