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4 Tools to Counter a Culture that Protects Abusers

Posted by David
2018-02-1
in Crisis, Pastoral Ministry, The Wesleyan Church, Thursday (Leadership)
A doctor for the USA Olympic Team and Michigan State University has been sentenced to prison after being convicted of abusing hundreds. We’ve been stunned by the testimony of...
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Ears to Hear on Race and Injustice

Posted by David
2017-08-16
in Community, Evangelism, Justice, Pastoral Ministry, Spiritual Formation
Five times in the gospels, when Jesus taught a new paradigm he would say, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” In that statement (found in Matthew...
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Letting Accountability Slip Away: A Leadership Tragedy

Posted by David
2017-03-30
in Crisis, Pastoral Ministry, Spiritual Formation, Thursday (Leadership), Vision
The leader is given counsel–hard counsel, but good counsel. It is accountability on a point that would make her a better leader. What happens next is hard to perceive,...
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Church Planting Landmine #1 – Ignoring Personal Health and Growth

Posted by David
2016-10-5
in Evangelism, Outreach, Pastoral Ministry, The Wesleyan Church, Thursday (Leadership)
The other day my colleague Ed Love told me there was a “classic multiplication book” about “Church Planting Landmines” by Tom Nebel and Gary Rohrmayer. Sounded like something I...
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Daughters of Abraham

Posted by David
2016-08-26
in Justice, News, Pastoral Ministry, Personal, Preaching, The Wesleyan Church
Tell me about a woman (beyond your family members) who has had a big impact on your spiritual life.   On this day (August 26th, 2016) 96 years ago,...
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Confession: I Miss You After Easter – Seedbed

Posted by David
2016-03-28
in Pastoral Ministry, Spiritual Formation, Theology, Thursday (Leadership), Tuesday (Faith), Worship
Even though I have known you, I often miss you after Easter, Lord. I am on the Road to Emmaus. I walk with you, talk with you. I hear...
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In Praise of Uselessness: The Worst John Wesley Quote

Posted by David
2016-02-22
in Justice, Pastoral Ministry, Spiritual Formation, The Wesleyan Church, Theology, Uncategorized
  I really like John Wesley. I am so inspired by the movement his ministry sparked, and for the astonishing spread of renewal he and “the Methodists” spawned.  He isn’t as...
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Fruit matters, but I must not neglect the Fruit of the Spirit while pursuing it

Posted by David
2015-09-23
in Evangelism, Pastoral Ministry, Theology
Fruit matters, but I must not neglect the fruit of the Spirit while pursuing it.   The Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,...
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When someone has an affair

Posted by David
2015-09-14
in Community, Crisis, Pastoral Ministry, Spiritual Formation
What do you do when someone has an affair? Several people I respect through the years have committed adultery. Some of them have been ministers, professors, or board members....
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Stetzer, Bradford, & Drury on Cultural Myths

Posted by David
2015-09-9
in Community, Emerging, Evangelism, News, Outreach, Pastoral Ministry, The Wesleyan Church, Theology, Vision
[I was recently interviewed alongside Ed Stetzer and James Bradford about Cultural Myths and the church over at PE News, an Assemblies of God publication. Among other news, the image...
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7 Questions for the New Wesleyan Movement

Posted by David
2015-09-7
in Community, Pastoral Ministry, The Wesleyan Church, Theology
“The United Methodist Church has been in the death spiral for nearly a half a century, seen primarily in the loss of millions of members, the dramatic decline in...
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What Pastors Can Learn from Night Janitors

Posted by David
2015-09-1
in Pastoral Ministry, Theology, Thursday (Leadership), Worship
When I was just 19, I needed a job to continue to pay for my studies at the university. I stopped by the church right next to campus, which...
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