Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God...

Isn’t it amazing that even though we fall so terribly short, Jesus still chose to love us and gave his life for us!  Jesus connected with people on an individual basis.  Think of the woman at the well, Peter, Paul… Mary and Martha… Jesus met people where they were.  So...

So often, congregational leaders struggle to fill positions and wonder why everyone doesn’t just do their part.  But unfortunately that isn’t easy for many of us.  Let’s look in Exodus at Moses, one of God’s first “large group leaders” of the children of Israel who truly was a reluctant servant....

There’s that age old saying, “20 % of the people are doing 80% of the work.” “We need more people involved in serving!” Why aren’t more people serving?  It begins with relationships.  First, it requires pastors and church members to invest time in personally getting to know what makes each...

I am a church member.  In good Lutheran format, I ask, “What does this mean?” I ask this question because I don’t think if you polled your congregation, you would get the same answer from most people.  What does it mean to be a member at your church?  Are you...

Colossians 1:16 “For by him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.” This is such a foreign concept to our world.  We were not created for our...

Church attendance in America is shrinking.  Yet people still believe in God.  One size fits all isn’t working in our churches. How do we motivate and activate God’s people? How do we get them engaged in the work of God’s kingdom? How do we equip God’s people and give them...