Mr. No R Rated Movie Guy

My new book, Renegade: Your Faith Isn’t Meant To Be Safe, came out a few weeks ago! With my previous two books one of the coolest things I was able to do was partner with churches by offering them a powerful series inspired by the book. Churches all over the country did the series and…

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Fragmented vs. Decentralized Ministry

If you’re a pastor and don’t read Will Mancini’s blog, you need to. He’s got one of the best minds for ministry I’ve come across, and he shares really helpful content on his blog. Want a great example? Check this out.

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Abandon Normal

Here’s an excerpt from my new book, Renegade: Your Faith Isn’t Meant To Be Safe. Here’s the issue: we get to choose whether we want to follow Jesus, but we don’t get to choose what it looks like to follow Jesus. We want to follow Jesus and we want to live nice, safe, comfortable lives…

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Struggle For People

Thomas Merton was a Trappist monk (who, along with writers of Polka songs, are pretty much the only people I listen to). He has one of my favorite quotes, and it’s especially pertinent for pastors who start churches for people who don’t like church (or others doing difficult work for God). Merton wrote: Do not…

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Mr. Got Not Money To Give Guy

My new book, Renegade: Your Faith Isn’t Meant To Be Safe, came out two weeks ago! With my previous two books one of the coolest things I was able to do was partner with churches by offering them a powerful series inspired by the book. Churches all over the country did the series and were…

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