We're Working On We might hear: That shooting in Florida was absolutely awful! That was an awesome moment for us, as new grandparents! I...

I am a sociologist of religion. My research centers on religion in Canada (www.joelthiessen.ca). I regularly consult with church groups...

We're Working On Recently I had a conversation with a friend who was quite convinced that church leadership at various levels should be...

I love the church, pastors, and church leaders. And I love Christ and his cause. My fire is that churches and church leaders would...

What do pastoral leaders in flourishing congregations have to say to theological educators in theological schools or seminaries? The...

A practiced curiosity about “what God is up to” has pointed EDGE to the huge creative energy welling up in the social enterprise sector...

When a church takes its stakeholders seriously – and not just its shareholders – the circle of ministry grows and becomes stronger. Real...

Churches are the backbone of a many a community. Historically we founded hospitals, schools, food programs, Welfare, nonprofits, and...

The first three questions a leader should ask when facing a new situation are: What is really going on here? What should be going on...

Are you experiencing seismic shifts within and around your Church? Are you seeing new ideas, energy, and connections emerge unexpectedly?...

We are excited to unveil our new website - www.flourishingcongregations.org - an ongoing work in progress, as we develop as an Institute....

As some on our research team have been away on vacation - hence the lack of blogs or other updates over the past month or so - and as...

Our Flourishing Congregations Institute research team—based at Ambrose University in Calgary, Alberta—spent April to June 2016...

Greetings on behalf of the Flourishing Congregations Institute at Ambrose University in Calgary, Alberta! Some of you participated in our...

Do you long to see teens and young adults more solidly connected to your church? Are you a preacher or do you belong to a church that has...

Whatever you may think of evolution and its place in a Christian understanding of creation, the science is clear that DNA does evolve and...

I still remember it like it was yesterday. I was about 14 years old when I experienced my first earthquake. It happened in Montreal, QC,...

One afternoon I sat in the dean’s office of a Canadian seminary. He excitedly said to me, “Roger, I have a new book for you to read....

In 1963 the Anglican Church of Canada commissioned the prominent, pithy journalist Pierre Berton to tell them, from an outsider’s...

Lakewood Church in Houston, TX. Photo by Amber Case. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic...