Play Ball, Church!
by Rick Chromey I love baseball. It’s truly a beautiful, unique game. Baseball is influenced by its past but not dictated by it. Like Christianity, baseball is Trinitarian. Three strikes. …
by Rick Chromey I love baseball. It’s truly a beautiful, unique game. Baseball is influenced by its past but not dictated by it. Like Christianity, baseball is Trinitarian. Three strikes. …
by Mikal Keefer Something to consider the next time you fly: roughly 87,000 flights crisscross U.S. airspace daily, most of them shuffled into increasingly crowded flight paths. And, at some…
by Josh Packard Why would someone devote his whole life to church and then one day decide to walk out the door and not come back? This was the central…
by Rick Chromey Spring has truly sprung. Everywhere you look, trees bud, grass greens, and birds nest. As the days warm, there’s the promise of better days ahead. The dark,…
by Rick Chromey In Millennial dating culture, there’s a popular acronym known as “DTR” or “defining the relationship.” It’s the first step in going steady. A DTR solidifies commitment and…
By Thom Schultz What if we started over? What if we erased everything we know about the organized church and its activities and began reimagining ministry? What if we started…
by Thom Schultz Ministries get paralyzed for many reasons. One of these reasons is perfectly predictable—and avoidable. It is the fear of the naysayer. You’ve been there. You have a…
by Austin Maxheimer At our church we have encouraged all of our small groups and Sunday teams to engage with the Sunday message as the content for their group discussion. …
by Austin Maxheimer There are two different levels of preparation that need to take place if you are going to lead a dynamic group: long- and short-term planning. What you…
by Bob D’Ambrosio I left the church parking lot wondering how it could have happened―I attended my weekly men’s Bible study group and realized that I hadn’t talked to a…