Bob Turner

You need to make a big congregational announcement about your facilities, budget, hiring decisions, or a theological change. An email might be tacky and word of mouth feels dangerous. This […]

Two things can be true at the same time. Our world is becoming increasingly single. People used to get married at 22; now they wed at 28. Adults are twice […]

Be a Joiner, a Team Player, and a Collaborator This is a team; not a competition among individuals. Most of the best ideas won’t come from you, and that’s probably […]

All of us have habits. Some good; some bad. In The Patient Ferment of the Early Church, Alan Kreider calls habits our embodied behaviors—our reflexes. Habits are not strategies; they are […]

When we talk about leadership we talk about vision. But is vision what truly makes leaders successful? The answer might surprise us. I recently did a deep dive into three […]

Sometimes fear crushes our imagination. Nearly 130 years ago, two young dreamers named Wilbur and Orville Wright ran a bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio. They came from an influential and […]

I believe summer nights should end with ice cream. And I don’t just mean frozen desserts; I mean ice cream. Frozen custard counts. Same for gelato. In a tight spot, […]

We know that gospel means good news, but what does that mean? The gospel has too often been reduced, personalized, and spiritualized so that it’s merely about acknowledging sin, accepting Christ, and […]