Living and Teaching Stories Rooted in the Mission of God
In my last post, I explored why we are to take seriously our role as Good News in our neighborhood. As pilgrims participating in the Mission of God, it isn’t always about going farther around the world; more often it is about going deeper in your current context. In order to be Good News in …
Continue reading ““The Neighborhood Became our Classroom” – Part 2″
I recently had a conversation with NieuCommunities’ founder, Rob Yackley, about my role within the missional church community we serve among in San Diego (NieuCommunities has two other sites in Vancouver, BC & South Africa). Coming from a leadership paradigm where I had been used to getting a piece of paper with a job description …
Continue reading “Practice #2: The Upside-Down Job Description”
Having studied and now served/lived among a missional church community, I am seeing more and more the unique role leadership plays in this model of ministry. Initiating the paradigm of flat leadership (as apposed to hierarchal), these aren’t easy waters to navigate. In fact, in an attempt cultivate an ethos of shared leadership, the lines …
Continue reading “Two Essential Practices of Missional Church Leadership (or any leader)”
I recently wrote an article chronicling some of the key tensions I faced while working in the formal position of Youth Pastor. It was published on the Youth Specialties site today. Can you relate or have you experienced this tension? It was my first day working in the local public high school. The teenagers walk …