How to Deal with Change
Did you know that your brain's preferred system, also known as its "default mode,” is built on the ability to create stability and the...
Being Jesus’ Church is a Verb
There is a shelf life to the idea that being church is measured by how frequently people show up to the church building simply to fill...
Xenophobia
We see it all around us. I'm talking about Xenophobia. Recently South Africa has been deeply shaken by scenes of African immigrants whose...
Bigger or Better
In one of my favorite books, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World (2012), Bob Goff tells the story of a...
Lessons From The Jeremy Clarkson BBC Debacle
The BBC did the unthinkable and recently removed Jeremy Clarkson, the popular presenter of Top Gear since 2002, off the air. Apparently,...
More of Them, Please
by Stephan Joubert The young physicist at the Politechnikum at Zurich should have been devastated when his dissertation was turned down....
Shadows Of Religious Irrelevance
by Stephan Joubert Years ago, I read a book about how many American believers play into the hands of the media by elevating a very...
Burnout: The Silent Church Disease
by Stephan Joubert The Story The Church was searching for a new pastor. This person needed to be a diligent shepherd that would be...
A New Missional Movement Is Starting Among Us
by Stephan Joubert Exciting winds of change are strongly blowing inside and outside of existing churches. Without a doubt, the “missional...
My Manifesto For 2015
by Stephan Joubert To follow Christ with everything in me. To do good in the Name of Jesus without ever expecting anything in return. To...