Joe did an interview for Harvest TV recently. You can watch it here:
http://www.harvest-tv.com/video/VOD_GetShow.cfm?ShowID=276

Todd Hiestand, pastor at The Well in Feasterville, PA asks a good question in response to a church’s plan to get everyone in small groups: is it true that “true spiritual growth” happens in small groups?
Read more about this plan and Todd’s questions here

I have been wrestling with “Spiritual Formation.”
What is it? Can it be accomplished? How?
Spiritual practices seem so empty at times.
I have been led to a beginning question. One that is more perplexing than the first. If we are to gain any knowledge or experience of spiritual formation maybe we should contemplate this question first. […]

If I only had a purpose…
I’m driven. Ask anyone who knows me I have am italic bent to my life.
But, do I have a purpose? Does God have a purpose for me?
If He does He seems to be a little confused about it. I mean, why does he keep it so secret? Why is it […]

I am swearing to you…I will not read another leadership book based on the leading style of Jesus. Is there anyone that will hold me to this?
Why?
For several reasons but, let’s unpack just one that confuses me.
There are at least two times where Jesus has an opportunity to lead an anxious group forward and he […]

This is an interesting article that I came across in Architecture Week about an “Organic Airport.” Tell me what you think if you get a chance to read it.

Bob Hyatt, pastor at The Evergreen Community in the Portland area has posted a very generous review of Organic Community. He writes,

“Myers is a great apologist for the way we are doing church, and what he’s advocating, though certainly more easily appropriated in a smaller setting, isn’t just for small churches. What […]

Nobody thought much about the front porch when most Americans had them and used them. The great American front porch was just there, open and sociable, an unassigned part of the house that belonged to everyone and no one, a place for family and friends to pass time. Rochlin, “The Front Porch” in Home, Sweet […]

As I walked into GNC, I was looking for something specific. I was out of town so this was not my normal store. I was greeted by a jolly “How’s it goin’?”
“Doing well,” I replied.
Not missing a beat, I went on with my search. I did make eye contact and I didn’t want […]

Delta flight 251 from LAX to Atlanta was crammed to the gills. Just as I was settling into my seat, the person next to me, a young African-American woman, smiled and said “hello.” (Nearly everyone is friendlier since 9-11. People want to know if their fellow passengers are safe and or not.)
Petite and pretty, Sheila […]