Vertebrae

It’s been 4 months since I’ve shared on here. 4 months of family, of rest, of equal parts confusion and clarity; 4 months of traveling the country to spend time with different churches—helping them understand their reputations in their cities and doing the important work of coaching their leadership into a place of health for the season ahead.    I’ve spent time with Acts 29 churches in Texas, megachurches in the midwest, church plants in Long Beach California, and most recently a 150 year old congregation that had 1,000 people in their hay-day, now dwindled down to 47 faithful elderly folks with $2m in the bank, wanting to relaunch a progressive church to serve millennials in a downtown in Michigan.    As you can imagine, I’ve been exposed to all sorts of different flavors of God; different ministry philosophies; different “callings” these pastors feel like they’ve had; different hills people are willing to die on, different theologies they’re holding with an open hand… Some are working to “save their cities