by David Phillips | Jun 3, 2013 | Faith, Featured
By David Phillips I love the brain. The three pound organ that controls everything we see, feel, think, hear, and understand is a masterpiece of creation. The typical brain consists of some 100 billion cells, each of which connects and communicates with up to 10,000...
by David Phillips | Jun 22, 2011 | Ministry
Finishing great is really hard. I’ve always been a good starter – even a great starter. But finishing well has always been difficult. Recently, University of Chicago psychologists Minjung Koo and Ayelet Fishbach examined how people pursuing goals were...
by David Phillips | Jun 1, 2011 | Feature Articles, Missional
UPDATE: I have used this scorecard, along with other thoughts from scripture, to write an ebook on success in ministry. The ebook is available for the kindle only. Reframing Success: Missional Metrics for Ministry Success At my last doctoral class with Len Sweet last...
by David Phillips | Jun 1, 2011 | Books, Leadership, Ministry, Theology
Americans talk and write endlessly about what the church needs to becoming, what the church must do ot be effective. The perceived failures of the church are analyzed and reforming strategies prescribed. The church is understood almost exclusively in terms of function...
by David Phillips | May 25, 2011 | Books
At the age of eighteen, Alex and Brett Harris wrote Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations¢â‚¬”and launched a movement that would change a generation. Young people around the world were ready to be inspired, ready to move beyond complacency,...
