by Tracee Swank | Jul 22, 2026 | challenges, change, community, mission
Right now, somewhere within a mile of your church, someone is typing into a phone the things they cannot say to a human being. Asking for comfort. Asking if they matter. And something answers, fast and patient and tireless. It just cannot love them, and it never will....
by Tracee Swank | Jul 21, 2026 | church health, growth, renewal
Church leaders often assume hospitality requires a complicated strategy. The truth is much simpler. Guests rarely remember elaborate programs. They remember how people made them feel. Here are five habits every church can begin practicing immediately. 1. Notice before...
by Tracee Swank | Jul 20, 2026 | community, Kingdom, mission, outreach
For many years churches believed their primary responsibility was to create excellent worship services and effective ministry programs, trusting that people would eventually walk through their doors. Today, however, many churches are discovering that the front door no...
by Tracee Swank | Jul 20, 2026 | immersion, microchurch, Scattered & Sent
Most of the significant shifts in my own leadership have not come from books or conferences. They have come from being in the room with someone who is actually doing what I had only read about, watching them navigate complexity with wisdom and grace, and having the...
by Tracee Swank | Jul 15, 2026 | challenges, church health, community, growth
Think of the last person who actually became part of your church. Not a name on the attendance roll. Someone who got woven in. They almost certainly did not fall for a service first. They were loved by a few people who refused to let them stay strangers. That used to...
