Confronting Without Being Confrontational, Part 2
In my last article, I offered a real-life example of dysfunction in a church. In case you thought I was speaking about your church, it was a collectio...
Blockbuster: A Cautionary Tale
By Cid Latty
Congregational Development Associate, CBOQ
The story of Blockbuster always reminds me of those Friday nights when we would go to our ...
Identity Crisis
By Helen Lenz
Interim Assistant in Ministry
Blythwood Baptist Church, Toronto
This past May, I had the opportunity to travel to Germany to attend...
On Being Poor in Spirit
By Deane Proctor
Lead Pastor
Queensway Baptist Church, Brantford
Although differing somewhat from person to person, the “poor in spirit” mentione...
Decision Fatigue, Rest and Abiding
By Dallas Friesen
Director of Church Life and Leadership
For many of us, summer is an opportunity to slow down, reflect and rest. We like to fill ...
Extraordinary Kindness
Kindness.
It might be one of the most underestimated fruits of the Spirit. It just seems so… ordinary. But whether through small things—like holdin...
Kindness and “Unstuckness”
I have the privilege of journeying with CBOQ churches and leaders. One of my favorite aspects of the journey is seeing them get “unstuck.” Sometimes c...
Five Missional Resolutions for 2018
Leonard Ravenhill (1907 – 1994) once said his concern for the church was how little we know of the transforming work of God that the early church expe...
