Winter 1997

Trend Watch

Helping a Settled Congregation Move Ahead

John Beukema

Growing Edge

Deepening Our Conversation with God

Change & Opportunity

To Verify

The Riddle of Our Postmodern Culture

David L. Goetz

Cutting-Edge Communication

A Checkup for Sermon Illustrations

Faces of Change

Character

Conversations

The Power of Mere Words

Craig Brian Larson

Article Summaries

From the Editor

Kevin A. Miller

To Quote

This Culture is Overrated

William H. Willimon

Ideas that Work

Without a Word

Stephen Gregory

Why They Struggle to Believe

Cloud of Witnesses

Dave Hansen

Where Preaching is Headed

Ed Rowell

The Pain of a Prodigal

Name Withheld

Hope for the High -Turnover Church

William Richard Ezell

For Heaven’s Sake

Linda Riley

Heart & Soul

Marshall Shelley

Contributor

To Quip

You Can’t Believe Everything You Hear about Church Growth

Microwave Popcorn

The Church’s Ten-Year Window

A conversation with futurist Faith Popcorn.

Interview: Deepening Our Conversation with God (part 2)

Sparring over Worship

Steve Bierly