Our presenter on today’s Whiteboard Wednesday is Tim Meendering, who has served as a pastor for 22 years and worked with the Regional Synod of the Great Lakes on transition ministry and revitalization. Tim recently returned from an “Organic Outreach” conference where Dr. Rick Richardson, Director of Research for the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism, pointed out that: 80% of …

A Note from Luminex: This morning’s blog post is the eighth in a 10-week series on leadership. Enjoy! Several years ago, as I was preparing a sermon on forgiveness, it dawned on me that Peter and Judas were really not all that different. Both were deeply flawed – Judas was self-centered and dishonest, Peter was temperamental and impetuous; both had wronged …