I recently read in a business book about the concurrent release of two digital book readers, the Sony Reader and the Kindle, several years ago. One was a clearly better product than the other in terms of greater capacity and capabilities; however, the dividing line was that the Sony Reader had to be plugged in to a computer to download books and the Kindle... did not. Guess which reader is still around today? It was this “…one less step” that skyrocketed the Kindle, the infer

“We’re partnering with families.” This phrase gets thrown around a lot these days: at conferences, in strategy meetings, and church mission statements. It seems to sound important—like the right thing to say. I get it...we've named it a core value of our ministry at Hope Church. But What does That Even Mean? Over my years in Family Ministry, it's clear leaders attach vastly different meanings to that phrase. And as a pastor, I find myself at odds with the ideas of partnership