How long, O Lord? This past week we have all been reflecting on the impact of the guilty verdict in the death of George Floyd. Like so many, I was …
PILOTING FAITH: Why do we keep killing each other?
Mass killings have claimed four or more American lives every week for the past six weeks, leaving 48 dead and eight wounded in their wake. Why do we keep killing …
Research Shows Declines in Church Membership/Attendance
Anna Hall, Director of Research & Development In the newest polling by Gallup capturing religious trends in 2020, U.S. membership in faith communities was below 50% of those polled for …
Welcome to Hybrid Church
A pastor this week, one of my coaching clients, said to me: “My church is working on reopening. We have a plan in place to maintain social distancing. I think …
Faith or Fear?
Psalm 108:19-20Then they cried to God in their trouble, and God saved them from their distress;God sent out God’s word and healed them, and delivered them from destruction. What a year. Do you …
Piloting Faith: A Just Economy for a Better World
One of the encouraging byproducts of this time of global lockdown has been the increased curiosity about a global economy that honors people, profit and the planet. More and more …
Lessons from 2020: How churches are innovating during the pandemic
by Anna Hall, Director of Research & Development – Email Anna See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah 43:19, NIV) …
From Dust You Came and To Dust You Will Return
Growing up in a small town in rural Iowa, my family had a large garden on the far side of our back yard. Every winter the snow would blanket whatever …
Where do we go from here?
Yesterday we watched an attempted coup in the United States of America. We watched angry white men and women storm the Capital, push through barriers, break windows, trespass onto the floor …
Fire
When I was little, my parents taught me one lesson early on: don’t play with fire. I may be burned, or I may burn something else accidentally. I was never …