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Our 3 year Disciplemaking process

Can a disciplemaking culture be formed in a congregation? Can a church become a place where disciples are made and continually being made? That is what The Navigators have been working at this process for almost 50 years.  In the “Growing Intentional...

The spiritual discipline I didn’t like

I remember when I was living in Charleston hearing about a someone journaling. I thought that sounds so awful, like a writing in a diary. I was reminded little book with a locket that I would write everything from the day. Today I …_____. Yuck. It just...

Meditation insight from Shelton

This morning I was leading a monthly video conference with two churches in Shelton, CT. We were focusing on the seventh chapter in The Ways of the Alongsider. The question we proposed was, “How do we love and live the Scriptures?” Dawson Trotman years ago...

My Ten

Click here for the ten churches I’m serving! State of the Ministry Jan2016      

Equipping the Chinese Church

One of the surprising outcomes of the summer was being involved with the Chinese Church of Akron. It wasn’t even on my radar in May, but in July things changed. That was fun. My friend Todd McKenney has ministered for a long time with them, particularly when he...

Two churches thinking deeply

This week I’m taking a new step with two of the churches I am working with. They have taken the Reveal Survey, which will give them a huge amount of information about the spiritual condition of the their congregation. It will give them a number of priorities to...