Monthly Archives: May 2015


Dean Merrill, collaborating with Patrick Johnstone, recently published Serving God in Today’s Cities: Facing the Challenge of Urbanization. This book is a great introduction to our urban world and ministry today. Three percent of the world’s population lived in cities in 1800. By 2100, 90% of the global population will […]

Serving God in Today’s Cities



If we recognize we must now serve lunch at 7AM, then we come to the conclusion:  We must change the way we prepare others to serve in our blurred world. Church planting training cannot remain as it is. Pastoral training cannot remain as it is. Seminary education cannot remain as […]

Don’t Wait for the How




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I drove through my hometown yesterday and saw a Taco Bell sign: “Lunch now served at 7AM”. Why did it take this Taco Bell so long to figure out that some lunch breaks are at 7 AM, not to mention the fact that some people like tacos and chalupas for […]

Lunch Now Served at 7AM


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A stewardship of innovation exists within the Kingdom. We often do not think in such terms or recognize this responsibility we have received. If Jesus is building His Church and we are filled with a dynamic Spirit, then change should be expected. We do not innovate for the sake of […]

Stewardship of Kingdom Innovation