Embracing mysticism, near-death experiences and spiritual encounters at church
People are having intense, life-transforming spiritual experiences, writes Graham Standish, but they don't feel the church is the right place to talk about them.
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Have we become Sears?
The PC(USA) may be following in the footsteps of the once-popular department store, writes N. Graham Standish, but not if we think like entrepreneurs.
Cultivating an experiential church
When churches focus solely on growth, they are asking the wrong questions, Graham Standish writes. What if, instead, we focus on experiencing God?
Is being prophetic killing the church? Can being apostolic save it?
Most pastors were trained to be prophetic by tenured seminary professors who have typically never led congregational transformation. Graham Standish believes the Bible offers us a much better example of ministry in Acts: the apostolic model.