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....
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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...
Coaching Your Church Toward Holy Complaint
In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because...
Flourishing Update - April 10, 2018
Flourishing Inter-generationally, Dr. Bill McAlpine, Professor of Practical Theology, Ambrose University Five or six years ago I had a...
Flourishing Update - March 21, 2018
Recently, I was speaking to a group of children and family ministries pastors about leadership and the church’s culture for leadership...
Leadership and Flourishing Congregations in Canada
Congregations are unlikely to flourish without great leaders, however great leadership does not entail that congregations will flourish....
Flourishing Update - March 7, 2018
We're Working On Matthew 25:14-30 - the parable of the talents. One servant is given five talents, another two, and another one, each...
A New Hope: Empowering Congregations to Flourish
Congregations that flourish in Canada do not do so by accident. Through extensive research, Flourishing Congregations has identified key...
Flourishing Update - February 21, 2018
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...
Navigating the Religious Culture in Canada
I am a sociologist of religion. My research centers on religion in Canada (www.joelthiessen.ca). I regularly consult with church groups...
Flourishing Update - February 7, 2018
We're Working On Recently I had a conversation with a friend who was quite convinced that church leadership at various levels should be...
What Can the Pietists Teach Us About Spiritual Renewal?
I love the church, pastors, and church leaders. And I love Christ and his cause. My fire is that churches and church leaders would...
We’re Working On - January 24, 2018
What do pastoral leaders in flourishing congregations have to say to theological educators in theological schools or seminaries? The...
What Does Social Enterprise Have To Do with Church?
A practiced curiosity about “what God is up to” has pointed EDGE to the huge creative energy welling up in the social enterprise sector...
Shareholders or Stakeholders?
When a church takes its stakeholders seriously – and not just its shareholders – the circle of ministry grows and becomes stronger. Real...
We Are Not Alone, At Least We Don’t Have To Be
Churches are the backbone of a many a community. Historically we founded hospitals, schools, food programs, Welfare, nonprofits, and...
“Do You Lead Yourself?” A Simple Method for Self-Leadership
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...
THRIVE OR SURVIVE: FAITH COMMUNITIES IN CANADA
Are you experiencing seismic shifts within and around your Church? Are you seeing new ideas, energy, and connections emerge unexpectedly?...
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