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The Church is not a Museum
The Church Is Not a Museum Churches are not museums of tradition or graveyards of yesteryear. They are not mausoleums filled with the...
Jon Swales
Feb 251 min read
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The Church is not a Business
Churches are not businesses. Now, this doesn’t mean there aren’t budgets to balance, resources to steward, or even that insights from...
Jon Swales
Feb 162 min read
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A Psalm for a Secular Age
Give thanks for the longing within, for the hunger that will not be silenced. Speak of the beauty that lingers still, of the mystery that...
Jon Swales
Feb 41 min read
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Climate Breakdown & Cruciform Adaptation: A New Video Teaching Series
'Climate Breakdown and Cruciform Adaptation' is a hard-hitting, prophetic follow-on course to 'Climate Justice: Following Jesus in a World
Jon Swales
Jan 33 min read
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Cruciform Resistance
We are living in the midst of a profound storm, one that is shaking the very foundations of our civilisation. The crises we...
Jon Swales
Dec 27, 20243 min read
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Words Carry Weight (Spiritual Abuse and Healing)
Words carry weight. For those in church leadership, they are not just sounds shaped by vocal chords and breath, but something much...
Jon Swales
Nov 20, 20242 min read
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Crutch- God is Dead
Religion is often dismissed as a crutch—a relic of humanity’s superstitious past, something we invented to make sense of a world we once...
Jon Swales
Oct 15, 20242 min read
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Brand Protection and False Narratives
"False narratives are not just 'spin' or 'brand protection,' though they may serve that purpose. They are darkness. They are the opposite...
Jon Swales
Sep 6, 20242 min read
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Front Stage/Back Stage
Churches have a distinct front stage and backstage. On the front stage, pastors and church leaders, akin to actors, project an image of...
Jon Swales
Jun 21, 20242 min read
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Church Leadership: Character and Culture
Power for a church leader without a Christlike character leads to both spiritual abuse and breeds a toxic culture. In contrast, power for...
Jon Swales
Jan 21, 20241 min read
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