Back in 2013 Dr. Brené Brown suggested that the central question presented to us in the 21st century is, "What are we supposed to be...

I was talking recently with a friend about eldership, and specifically within a Christian organization that we are both associated with...

A few weeks ago, John a friend of mine, wrote concerning hearing and obeying not being something that is simply encouraged but an...

To be honest we don't know what it will look like, but we think that by asking "What will Sunday gathering look like?" is starting with...

During this pandemic, many pastors and small group leaders are feeling very much out of their comfort zones. These past months have been...

In this session we take a look at the profound shift that must take place in our attitude toward one another if we are truly going to...

This session answers a VERY common question we get about organizing the church as small villages on mission: What do we do with the...

In the last session, I highlighted the importance for a group to yearn for “soft hearts” as a village on mission. Simply if a child...

This lesson comes from our experience of a “shift of culture” in a traditional small group. CAVEAT: The content below was originally...

When I first encountered a village on mission it was both very welcoming and very exciting. We seemed to have some purpose for gathering...

In this first session I share some of my story of growing into a fuller understanding of what it actually means for a community to live...

I have been discussing some “axioms of leadership and faith”. I came up with these axioms because I kept encountering the same kinds of...

In my last post I was explaining how maturation happens in the context of relationship, and to achieve this dance “It’s the dependent who...

In these past 6 posts I have been sharing a few observations in the form of axioms we would all agree with. To do this, I have been using...

For these past 5 blog posts I have presented here axioms that paint a perspective that most of us would agree on, but rarely do we live...

We have all seen a lack of confidence in a leader at some point, perhaps even in ourselves. I thought I might give a few ideas as to how...

“A leader is the one who leads.” At first glance who would not agree with this? We have known for a long time, that we are a social...

Welcome to this series on “axioms of leadership and faith”. My third axiom I would like to introduce is “Leaders engage with us where we...

In this post I am continuing to talk about the “axioms of leadership and faith”. If a leader is always present and at work, it matters...

I am starting off our blog with a series on what I will call axioms of leadership and faith. What is an axiom? These are short concise...