Summary: Church leaders tend to jump from strategy to strategy in a noble attempt to build stronger Kingdom community. The reason for the jumping is …
The Liberating Truth About How & Where Church Community EmergesRead More
A Huge Little-Known Mistake That Stifles Small Groups & Churches
Summary: There are 4 spaces through which all relationships ebb and flow. A small group, church or other group's ability to live out healthy …
A Huge Little-Known Mistake That Stifles Small Groups & ChurchesRead More
The Simple First Step To Experiencing Healthy Community
Summary: For a group of people to accomplish the monumental task of growing into a Kingdom community, the first step is understanding and correctly …
The Simple First Step To Experiencing Healthy CommunityRead More
Why Most Small Groups Never Grow Into Kingdom Communities
Summary: People attend small groups because they're starving for Kingdom community. But, Kingdom community can't be manufactured. It must be …
Why Most Small Groups Never Grow Into Kingdom CommunitiesRead More
You’re Not the Head of Your Neighborhood
Attempting to love your neighbor as yourself can be discouraging. There are times when you can feel alone in your endeavors. You might feel like …
The Chances Your Group Will Live Happily Ever After
People are going to bug you. Of course, you never bug them, right? :) One of the biggest obstacles that exists in the development of relationships …
The Chances Your Group Will Live Happily Ever AfterRead More
Which Relationships Should You Focus On?
The best way forward, then, is to invest time in relationships with those who seem open and responsive. When you sense that people are responding to …
Where the Community Fun Ends and the Hard Work Begins
Yes, technology and architecture have been major factors in the destruction of the experience of community in our culture. If you so dare to take the …
Where the Community Fun Ends and the Hard Work BeginsRead More
It’s Better To Give Than Receive, But Best To Do Both
When a community of reciprocity is created, there are real opportunities to serve and be served. Then a neighborhood becomes less isolated and more …
It’s Better To Give Than Receive, But Best To Do BothRead More
Do What You Do and Invite Your Neighbors Too
Last time, I wrote about a brilliant secret tactic that helps to move neighbors from acquaintances to friends - throwing parties. But, parties can't …