The Disciplemaker Team 
When Dennis and Joy, who are white, decided to join an African American church, the first thing they discovered was that the worship was very different than what they were used to. It was loud, repetitive, and went on for …
Read moreThree Priorities for Majority-Culture Christians to Create Beautiful, Multiethnic Ministry
Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. Genesis 32:25 As many of you well know, it was nearly seven years ago (although it now seems so much longer) that I entered a season of anguish …
For 620 years, since the days of Hannibal and his battle elephants, Rome had not faced an invading army. But in AD 410, Alaric, a Visigoth from northern Europe with a barbarian army, besieged the city. A delegation from Rome …
When I think of the dramatic shine of the Transfiguration, it seems hard to believe that it can illuminate my daily life. But I desperately need the shine this morning. So I pull back the opaque curtains in my bedroom …
A few years ago, I wrote a parody (of sorts) of John 4 (Jesus’ encounter with the woman at the well) called “Jesse and the Man at Walmart,” in which I attempt to help readers reimagine the story in today’s …
Read moreJesse and the Man at Walmart: A Parable About the Great Commission
About a year after the world went inside in spring 2020, I found myself suddenly, finally, in the same room with a quorum of my coworkers at NavPress. We could only see each other’s eyes, as the mask mandate was …
I sit in the waiting room, hand on my heart, saying in my mind, Lord Jesus, you live within me. Come, Holy Spirit and calm me. Give me your peace. Thank you, Jesus, that you’re with me. I shift in …
When I was nineteen, one of my closest friends was killed in a car crash. Six months later another friend died from a brain aneurysm while hiking in Nepal. Seven months later my beloved grandfather died. I went from being …
In 2016 Jerry Bridges, author of numerous bestselling books, died a few months before the release of his final book, The Blessing of Humility. Now and then over the next several weeks we’ll be posting tributes to Jerry and his …
I have the best manicurist in the city. Her name is Annie, and I send all my friends to her for their manicures and pedicures. I told my friend Sharla about her, and she became a regular customer. I also …
Read moreHow Jesus Sees My Buddhist Manicurist and My Lesbian Friend