Worship That Begins with Rest
“Yet while worship is indeed something we do, true worship begins not with what we need to produce, prove, or accomplish, but with rest in what God has already done.”
What if the World Is Looking for What the Church Has Forgotten?
“The issue, therefore, is not uniformity of expression but unity of devotion.”
From Receiving to Responding: Leading from the Good News — An Interview with Michelle Odinma
“Whether you’re singing or preaching, you’re sharing from the heart and from your own experience with God, and that translates differently than if you were simply performing.”
Moving When the Cloud Moves: The Pastoral Art of Sacred Relocation
In pastoral life, our movements must be governed by the movements of God’s presence.
Contextualizing the Character of God for Colonized Peoples
How do we introduce Indigenous people to a loving Creator when Christianity itself has sometimes contributed to a distorted picture of Him?
Patmos Chapel: An Urban Center of Influence
We became a ‘seven-days’ Adventist Church by moving from our traditional church building in an upscale city into a 107,000-square-foot warehouse near an impoverished working-class community.
Building Teams That Last
“Connectedness to the Vine and our life-giving Savior is essential to creating lasting worship teams. It surely overflows into their worship, but also into the way they relate to their team members, the relationships they maintain, and their level of spirituality as a whole.”
Discipling Young Worship Leaders: A Conversation with Worship/Youth Pastor David Hernandez
“At the end of the day, I don’t just want to develop better musicians; I want to help develop people who love Jesus deeply and lead others to Him. When that’s the foundation, excellence becomes an act of worship instead of a pursuit of perfection.”
Shared Practice, Not Monoculture: What the World Cup Can Remind Us About Worship
“For a few weeks, people who spoke different languages, dressed differently, sang different songs, and carried different histories discovered they could share the same spaces, admire one another’s traditions, and participate in something larger than themselves.”
Every Community Has a Language
Learn the patterns of connection, care, and trust that a community recognizes.
Political Discipleship
It has never been more important for Adventists to refuse to conflate religious identity with political tribe.
Deadly Comfort: When the Church Stops Moving Without Realizing It
Is your church stable or is it organized in a way that makes its mission unavoidable?
10 Lessons for New Leaders
Over ten years, this advice helped me navigate the service of the church.
Dealing With Disruptive Individuals
Entering into conflict to resolve disruptions is part of how we “bear one another’s burdens.”
Review of A Global History of Seventh-day Adventists
This book marks the clearest step yet toward a genuinely multi-centered account of the church.
Mennonites Join Adventism
How a Seventh-day Adventist church overcame cultural differences with believers in the three angels’ messages following a simple way of life
Bad Bunny, Diaspora, and the Primacy of Christ
The healing the diaspora longs for finds its completion not in a cultural moment but in the person of Jesus.
A Whole-Person Gospel for the Whole Community: An Interview with Manuel Arteaga
“A gospel that remains disembodied will inevitably lack credibility. Gospel-centered preaching finds its integrity when it is matched by a church willing to live the message it proclaims. Without that embodied witness, compassion risks becoming momentary concern rather than sustained commitment.”
Who Pastors the Pastors? The Cross as Source, Not Just Message
“So, who pastors the pastors? In the truest sense, the answer is both simple and profound: we do. As a priesthood of all believers, we pastor one another. What the Great Shepherd reveals to one becomes nourishment for all. In gathering together—listening, learning, and submitting ourselves anew to the Spirit—we find our own wells refilled.”