by Derek Sanford | Dec 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
If you subscribe to my weekly newsletter, you’ll know that I started a new segment this year called My Favorite Things. Where I share links to some of my favorite stuff in the most random of categories. At this year-end time of reflection, I thought I’d put my top 5...
by Derek Sanford | Dec 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
Do you have a system that you use to personally assess last year and prepare yourself for next year? The week between Christmas and New Years can be a great time to reflect. Find a quiet place with just a journal, a pen, or a note taking app and a cup of coffee. It...
by Derek Sanford | Dec 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
Christmas is a time for lists. Lists of gifts to buy. Lists of guests to invite to the Christmas party. Lists of friends’ addresses who will receive the annual holiday letter. Lists of volunteers for the Christmas Eve Services. May I propose another list this...
by Derek Sanford | Dec 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
Discipleship is at the heart of the Church’s mission, yet assessing how well we’re embodying this call can often feel intangible. This resource, designed as a practical tool for church leaders and pastoral teams, offers 6 questions and 4 thought experiments to take...
by Derek Sanford | Dec 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Reflecting on Our Reinventing Church Journey Episode Summary In this episode, Derek and Danielle share their favorite Christmas songs, discuss leaving a church for political reasons, reflect on the journey of Reinventing Church so far, and give a sneak peek into...
by Derek Sanford | Dec 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Helping Churches Find their Voice | Does a person need to be baptized to get into heaven? | Celebrating some wins Episode Summary In this episode, Derek and Danielle address the question of whether baptism is necessary for salvation, explore how churches can find...
by Derek Sanford | Nov 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
This is a great tool to adapt and share with your church as we approach the holiday season. Christmas is a time of year when the vast majority of people will attend a church if they are invited. That last part is the key. Some will come because of their own...
by Derek Sanford | Nov 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
CLICK TO READ THE BLOG SERIES INTRODUCTION Let’s be honest, most of us pray small, selfish prayers. We pretty much pray for ourselves, our family, and for two or three sick people we know. And the things we pray for ourselves are pretty basic. It’s stuff that’s...
by Derek Sanford | Nov 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
CLICK TO READ THE BLOG SERIES INTRODUCTION God is not silent. God is not withdrawn. He is willing and able, even eager to speak to his children. In fact, it’s hard to imagine an intimate relationship with Christ that does not include regular experiences of hearing his...
by Derek Sanford | Nov 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
CLICK TO READ THE BLOG SERIES INTRODUCTION We don’t like waiting for anything. Waiting is a bad word in our instant culture. No one likes to wait. But we wait in traffic, wait in airplane holding patterns, wait in grocery store lines, wait for the foursome ahead of us...
