One of the things I like to do when I visit churches is peek at their baptistries. I often see baptistries that are full, but they are full of Christmas and Easter decorations. Through the years, I’ve seen some baptistries that don’t look like they’ve been used in years... read more

There’s a leadership maxim that I believe is true: “When you are tired of saying it, people are just starting to hear it.” The vision I have shared multiple times in multiple places with multiple people is that as your next executive director-treasurer, I pray our state convention will be a movement of churches on mission together... read more

Near the end of his life while exiled on the island of Patmos, quarantined if you will, the Apostle John was given a foretaste of the future. Part of John’s vision recorded in Revelation 5 includes a picture of thousands and thousands of people from every tribe and language and people and nation worshiping Jesus... read more

“It isn’t the changes that do you in, it’s the transitions!” These words by the late William Bridges, who was a leading authority on organizational leadership, have been ringing in my mind throughout the last year... read more