As I write this article, I am less than two days away from beginning my sabbatical!  I want to express appreciation again to the Indiana Ministries Board of Directors for having the wisdom to adopt a Sabbatical Policy for ministry staff in the Indiana Ministries Employee Handbook.  And I want to thank them for insisting

A recent article sent by Exponential (host of the largest annual gathering of church planters in the world) reports, “Missiologists say that to begin advancing on lostness in North America, we need to increase the rate at which we’re planting churches fivefold.”  Wow, increase by fivefold!  I often hear people say something to the effect

I am thankful that the Indiana Ministries Board of Directors made a provision in the Employee Manual for ministry staff to take a sabbatical. A little over a year ago, the Board strongly “encouraged” me to take a sabbatical in 2015. We were talking about the demands of ministry and the need for pastors (and

I pray that the launch of a new year includes God and you spending some time dreaming about the ministry you lead.  As I work with pastors and churches, I am more convinced than ever that God wants to make a significant Kingdom impact through both.  Individuals and our world desperately need the wholeness that

December 10, 2014 Dear Church of God Congregation and/or Church of God Minister, You are probably aware that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned state laws that ban same-sex marriages in Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin.  By doing so, the Supreme Court has basically established a new legal precedent that legalizes gay marriage.  A