by Tracee Swank | Aug 31, 2026 | Challenges, Leadership, Prayer, Tracee J. Swank
Scripture “No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old.” (Luke 5:36 NIV) Jesus warned His followers about surface fixes that hurt the very thing they...
by Tracee Swank | Aug 27, 2026 | Discipleship, Leadership, Mission, Tracee J. Swank
Ask the average churchgoer where ministry happens, and they will point to the church building. Ask them where their job fits into God’s mission, and many will go quiet. We have absorbed a quiet but corrosive assumption that real spiritual work happens at church and...
by Tracee Swank | Aug 24, 2026 | Leadership, Mission, Prayer, Tracee J. Swank
Scripture “And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined.” (Mark 2:22a NIV) Jesus did not condemn old wineskins. He simply named what they could and could not hold. Some...
by Tracee Swank | Aug 20, 2026 | Discipleship, Leadership, Mission, Tracee J. Swank
Imagine for a moment that your church functioned like an incubator. Not the corporate kind that hatches startups for profit but a spiritual environment where the entrepreneurial gifts God has scattered through your congregation are recognized, formed, and launched...
by Tracee Swank | Aug 17, 2026 | Challenges, Movement, Prayer, Tracee J. Swank
Scripture “Jesus replied, ‘Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.’” (John 3:3 NIV) Nicodemus had every religious credential available, and Jesus told him none of them counted toward what mattered most. The most...
by Tracee Swank | Aug 13, 2026 | Discipleship, Mission, Outreach, Tracee J. Swank
Most church strategy quietly orbits one question. How do we get more people into the building? Sermon series, signage, social media, service times, parking, and follow-up systems all bend toward filling seats on Sunday. The question feels natural, even responsible....
