Flourishing Update - December 5, 2018
Current Musings I was recently invited by a group of Canadian church planters to share five insights from my sociological research on...
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Flourishing Update - November 14, 2018
Current Musings I’ve been thinking over the last two weeks about liminality,[1] stuckness, adaptive communities and the Holy Spirit. The...
Walking Together In Circles
Recently, I was the Roman Catholic Observer at a meeting of leaders of the Anglican and Lutheran Churches. As I wanted to prepare my...
Three Biblical Reasons Partnerships Fail
Partnerships are the way to the future as the challenges of ministry increase in the ever-changing culture in which we live. “We’re much...
Flourishing Update - October 24, 2018
Recently I sat in on a presentation of the findings from a study entitled “Current Missions Trends in Canada.” This was a collaborative...
Evangelism in Canada: Empirical Findings from Those in the Pews
When our research team interviewed over 100 church and denominational leaders across Canada from Catholic, mainline, and conservative...
Flourishing Update - October 10, 2018
In August, the Advancement of Science (AAAS) through its Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion (DoSER) program hosted a Science for...
Be The Most
It is surprising when a bank makes you say, “Wow!” I recently stumbled across the story of the genesis and growth of Umqua Bank in the...
Flourishing Update - September 12, 2018
With colleague, Dr. Paul Clarke, Associate Dean of Education at the University of Regina, we are working on a project that focuses on...
National Gathering Invitation – November 26, 2018
The Flourishing Congregations Institute is committed to several things. For example (among others): Empirical Data. We believe gathering...
Flourishing Update - July 4, 2018
“Religious Nones” – those who say they have no religion – are the fastest growing “religious group” in Canada. They represent 24% of...
The RAVE Project
Last night, before bed, I was scrolling through the news feed on my iphone. Disparate Images began to fill my mind: of children separated...
Flourishing Update - June 13, 2018
My colleague, Dr. Sabre Cherkowski, and I have just published a book on Teacher Wellbeing. I have long believed that school leaders and...
Flourishing Update - May 30, 2018
My wife and youngest son and I had the joy of living in Scotland for two years while I pursued doctoral studies. One of favorite haunts...
It’s A Small World
I was nine years old the first time I visited Disneyland. I vividly remember riding in a boat winding through the countries of the world...
Flourishing Update - May 16, 2018
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the relationship between adult learning theory, spiritual formation processes, and discipleship. By...
Creativity and Resilience in Making Healthy Congregations
The willingness to take risks and try things out is a characteristic of healthy congregations. It just has to be! Imagine the opposite....
Flourishing Update - May 2, 2018
Intergenerational ministry is a core value in the smaller church that I attend. We rent a school gym. A few families – parents and their...
Setting the Context for Congregational Life in Canada
Thank goodness this is a Canadian study! This is the common refrain our research team hears as we explore the factors that surround how...
Flourishing Update - April 18, 2018
I’ve been thinking about my successes and failures lately. Just taking general stock on the state of the art and trying to tell myself...
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