The Lewis Center for Church Leadership of Wesley Theological Seminary has developed a new online leadership assessment instrument called the Lewis Pastoral Leadership Inventory™ (LPLI). Specifically designed for clergy, the LPLI helps pastoral leaders identify individual strengths and weaknesses to improve their ministry effectiveness. The LPLI uses a three-fold understanding of fruitful leadership encompassing Character,Competence, and Contribution. LPLI users receive a personalized leadership profile report that can be used for self-discovery, gathering feedback from others, setting goals for improvement, identifying continuing education needs, and tracking progress over time.

About LPLI — Lewis Center for Church Leadership™.

A Jesus Manifesto is formed by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola. A reminder of Jesus as a person, not a cause or project.

A Jesus Manifesto.

The concept of Helicopter Parents is interesting when reading about the felt abandonment of youth and young adults in books as When Kids Hurt: Help for Adults Navigating the Adolescent Maze.

‘Helicopter Parents’ Can’t Stop Hovering : NPR.

A helpful guide for daily Examen.

Daily Examen.

In Peace you are welcomed when entering the sanctuary not the building. That means in fact that you can stay in the building for a long time before your presence is being afirmed. That is a part of the problem.

Atheism is just….easier. Occam’s Razor. Theism is too much trouble. It starts to sound like someone is trying to sell you something sight unseen. Isn’t your best move just to hang up the phone and ignore the call?

Douglas Wilson may be witty and William Lane Craig may be brilliant. John Lennox may teach at Oxford and Ravi Zacharias may be able to quote a dozen philosophers, but most atheist young people today are like Brad Pitt. Pitt was a kid walking the aisles in Baptist revivals, trying to find God in that mess when he met a Methodist preacher’s daughter who told him it was OK to just say no to it all. He didn’t have to live like that. He could call the torture sessions off and just be himself.

From Re:Atheism | internetmonk.com.

A short article about the Emergent Church in Columbus from The Dispatch.

The Columbus Dispatch : Emergent church generates talk.

Exciting thoughts from a theologian from Faroe Islands, in English and “Færeysku”.

Arni Zachariassen (English)

Arni Zachariassen (“Færeyska)

The Biblical Mission Statement in 21st Century is probably 1Pt 3.15. It is about readiness to have dialogue not a threatening or forceful claims.