by Tracee Swank | Jun 2, 2026 | Discipleship, Mission, Outreach, Tracee J. Swank
The single most underused pastoral tool in the American church is the 30-minute walk. Not a walk for exercise. A walk around the blocks surrounding your church building, slowly, with your eyes open and your phone in your pocket. Most pastors have not done this in...
by Tracee Swank | Jun 1, 2026 | Mission, Movement, Prayer, Tracee J. Swank
Scripture “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.” (Revelation 3:20 NIV) Laodicea was a wealthy, comfortable city. Even so, Jesus did not stop knocking on the...
by Tracee Swank | May 28, 2026 | Discipleship, Leadership, Movement, Tracee J. Swank
You already sense it, even if you have not said it out loud yet. The last pastoral search took longer than expected. The resumes did not quite fit. A church down the road has been looking for 18 months. A pastor you respect just stepped out of ministry. Your associate...
by Tracee Swank | May 26, 2026 | Mission, Outreach, Tracee J. Swank
Drive around the neighborhood surrounding your church building tomorrow morning and ask yourself one simple, honest question: Who actually lives here now? Not the neighbors who lived here 20 years ago when your current ministries were first designed. Not the families...
by Tracee Swank | May 25, 2026 | Mission, Movement, Prayer, Tracee J. Swank
Scripture “Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first.” (Revelation 2:4-5a NIV) If the calendar is full but the heart feels faint, you are not alone. Even...
