Occasionally, I get the opportunity to design intimate worship environments that draw groups into a unique, expressive, and reflective time of worship.  Recently, I led…

I have been labelled as a pessimist.  Some have called me a heretic.  Some have said that my thoughts and teachings are dangerous.  Still some…

We have greatly misunderstood the role that worship environments play in the grand adventure of following Jesus. For a long time, I was taught that…

It seems that Christianity can be a muddled mess.  It often seems that we’ve lost our way.  Like we’ve settled for motions and activities to…

People are already talking about you. There are conversations about your church around tables at restaurants every Sunday afternoon.  People talk around water coolers about…

Something has been nagging at me for the past few months.  It’s a feeling that I have not been able to escape … a sort…

Emmanuel. “God with us.”  What a beautiful and loaded title for someone to bear.  Not “God beyond us” … not, “God above us” … not,…

So, it appears that my previous post really struck a nerve.  Good.  I firmly believe that unless we are brutally honest with our efforts, environments,…

I think that THE number one problem facing American churches today is vision-related.  The fights, in-ward disputes, irrelevant environments, quarantined leaderships, dwindling attendance numbers, budget…

My friend, Adam Ellis, posted this quote from Brian McClaren on his facebook this morning: “What is the purpose of the church? [Is it] to…

Innovation and creativity are not valued in most churches.  Most church structures are often built around killing creativity and condemning innovation.  The structures that do…

We’ve all got them.  No matter what our business is, or our thing is, we have them around.  No matter if you’re company has been…