by Michelle Snyder | Dec 8, 2020 | Administration, healthy ministry
Bruce was in his first call to a small town church that professed community and love for each other as primary core values. While they were not expert evangelists, they loved each other well in times of crisis and understood the mandate to be each other’s keepers. ...
by Michelle Snyder | Oct 19, 2020 | change, strategic planning
Let’s face it. Most people have believed for some time that things in the church have needed to change. We all know the data…decline, institutional stagnation, and shrinking numbers. More gray hair and fewer kids, not to mention structural albatrosses made of...
by Michelle Snyder | Jul 23, 2020 | Adapting, healthy congregation
Resilience is a buzzword that gets thrown around a lot these days. Lectures, TED Talks, Brené Brown, Oprah, Sheryl Sandberg… it seems everyone is inviting us to pursue resilience as a key to joy, fulfillment, and growth. I don’t disagree. But what’s the pathway to...