Weโve made two wrong turns so far, and thatโs my fault. I keep looking up from the map on my phone at the mountains surrounding us here in northern Washington state. We are looking for a retreat center in Sumas, a town that seems to be mostly small farms patched in among the forested hills….
Giving Up: More than Money
David Roseberryโs book, Giving Up, provides concrete ways to jumpstart financial giving in churches. His wisdom, gleaned from decades in ministry, gives church leaders applicable tools to do the work they need to do, which requires members of churches to be generous with their resources. So, yes, the book is about money, much as Jesusโ…
The American Religious Landscape: A New Resource
The Public Religion Research Institute just released an invaluable new resource to help church leaders see whatโs been happening across the American religious landscape. Their American Values Atlas is an up-to-date, representative dataset drawn from over 100,000 interviews conducted in 2016. The breadth of the data allows church leaders to target the responses of specific…
Discover Israel: Behold the Man
Every week or so, we will post about one of the sites on our upcoming Israel tours for pastors and everyone. The stories of these people and places in the Bible have the power to form us, first as humans made in the image of God, but also as servant leaders who have been called…
Five Ways to Help Houston
Are you on the dry earth right now? Most of us are. But we cannot imagine the impact of Harvey. As much as the media has covered it, our minds cannot take it in. To help us truly fathom it, experts set up mind-blowing comparisons. Here are a few. It is truly unbelievable. But most…
LeaderWorks Updates
Itโs been a little while since we highlighted whatโs happening over at LeaderWorks. Hereโs a round-up of all the news and resources: Thanks for your continued support of LeaderWorks. Keep checking back with us to see whatโs new, and let us know how we can help you do your work! David+
Announcement: Giving Up is Coming Soon!
Itโs Ready After years of gathering ideas, studying Scripture, preaching โThe Money Talkโ, collecting three decades worth of wisdom…and months of writing and re-writing, the book is finished. We took our final pass at it with our red pens and now it lives with the publisher and then onto the printer…and then I hope…to you!…
Discover Israel: King Saul, Tragic Leader
Every week or so, we’ll highlight one of the sites we’ll visit on our upcoming Israel tours for pastors or for everyone. The stories of these people and places in the Bible have the power to form us, first as humans made in the image of God, but also as servant leaders who have been…
Introducing Our New Assistant Director
Thanks to a generous supporter of LeaderWorks, we would like to announce our new Assistant Director, the Rev. Kolby Kerr. Kolby is a fantastic young priest in our ACNA and will add greatly to what LeaderWorks is able to offer. Youโll be hearing a lot from him on the blog, so I wanted to give him…
LeaderWorks Update
There are a few important updates for you over at LeaderWorks. If case you are wavering about taking a Pastor’s Orientation Trip to the Holy Land, take a look at this gallery of photos from our last trip.The experience is a total ‘refreshment and joy in the Lord’. And most every one of the clergy…