“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Peter Drucker This article is adapted from Chapter 1 of Cracking Your Church’s Culture Code by...

“…[Jacob] saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on...

“With upright heart he tended them, and guided them with skillful hand.” (Psalm 7:72) Anyone can stand at the helm, enjoying the...

“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” (Proverbs 29:18) In the ninth century a group of ascetics began to inhabit an area in...

“Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” (II Peter 3:18) A personal growth plan necessitates thoughtful...

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.” (I John 4:7) Polarities...

“Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” (Mark 12:31) Maximal self-sacrifice is a powerful theme of the New Testament: “So then, none...