Over the past several days, I have been so encouraged to see God at work in ways Dave and I dreamed he would when we set out to write “Finding Your Way Back to God.” Last week I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Susie Larson on her “Live the Promise’ radio show. Susie…
We’re already in Week 4 of our Finding Your Way Back to God series at Community. Our Creative Arts Team produced a short video to introduce people to the series. We posted it on the Finding Your Way Back to God landing page on the church’s website and encouraged people to post it to Facebook…
Series Big Idea: MINE I’ve been so focused on Community‘s next series, “Finding Your Way Back to God” that I haven’t had a chance to write a few reflections on our previous series, “MINE.” This series focused on three truths from scripture that we need to embrace in order to experience the financial freedom that…
What Emily shares below in just a few lines captures the essence of why Dave and I wrote “Finding Your Way Back To God.” If you are tired of religion and looking for a relationship or know someone who is longing for that as well, pick up a copy of our new book and take…
At Community and NewThing we have believed in and experienced the benefits of a strong internal leadership pipeline, where we are constantly developing the next generation of leaders right in our own context. This leadership pipeline has yielded a number of benefits. 1) The Pipeline Results in “Conversion” Growth. In the church world there is…
Even though the official release date is February 24th, a few people have started reading Dave‘s and my new book “Finding Your Way Back to God.” I was so encouraged by this email I received earlier this week . . . “Thank you again for the book. I’ve started reading and already had an “aha”…
One aspect of a pastor’s job is to ensure that the weekend services lead people to a closer relationship with God in a clear and compelling way. It is so easy to fall into a rut or let the services become predictable and less than engaging. A while back, my good friend, Bob Bouwer, from…
With the upcoming publication (2.24) of Dave’s and my new book, Finding Your Way Back To God, the publishers have been encouraging us to do some marketing. Shocking, I know!?! So we thought we would give away some stuff for FREE? One of the really cool ancillary products that we have created is a 60-page booklet,…
In our new book, Finding Your Way Back to God, Dave and I include a number of stories of real people who have found their way back to God. Many of those people are personal friends, people we have had the privilege of knowing firsthand. There are few experiences in the world I can compare…
Yesterday was an unexpectedly big day as Dave‘s and my new book, Finding Your Way Back to God finally arrived. We knew it was to be released on February 24th, but we had no expectation of having it in hand any time before that date. On Tuesday, we received word from our publisher, agent, and…