Posts from May 2025
What we notice gives us permission to nurture.
Don’t Just Track It—Touch It: Turning Touchpoints into Discipleship Moments Post Body: “Touchpoints aren’t the target—they’re the trigger.”(Excerpt from Craig Smee’s upcoming book, The Intentional Church Team) In ministry, we’re surrounded by data. Check-ins. Comments. Likes. Attendance. Text replies. These aren’t bad things—they’re helpful indicators that someone is still circling the runway of your ministry. But here’s the truth we can’t afford to forget: What we notice gives us permission to nurture. A parent checking in kids for the third…
The Winds of Change
The Winds of Change: How the Holy Spirit Moves Us Forward When we talk about the Holy Spirit, we often think of fire, power, and Pentecost—but we don’t always think about change. And yet, in Week 4 of the Catch the Wind series, we were reminded that one of the most consistent ways the Spirit moves is by stirring up change in our lives. Not just external change. Not just circumstantial adjustments. We’re talking about the kind of transformation that…
Movement, Momentum, and the Messy Middle
Catching the Wind: Movement, Momentum, and the Messy Middle We love mountaintop moments with God. When the Spirit rushes in like wind and fire, it’s easy to believe we’re being moved. But what about Tuesday afternoon? What about the long stretch of “normal”? That’s where most of us live—and it’s exactly where the Holy Spirit wants to meet us. In Part 3 of Catch the Wind, we leaned hard into this truth: movement in the Spirit isn’t reserved for revival…