Reducing the Graduation Rate

By Brian Kannel, York Alliance Church, www.yorkalliance.org The church may be the only organization in the world that is seeking to reduce the graduation rate. We’re seeing far too many students graduate, and it’s not good. I should probably be more specific—far...

Desperation, the Mother of Invention

By Brian Kannel, York Alliance Church, www.yorkalliance.org A question: What do you do after you’ve tried everything? The answer: Sit around a living room, roughly in a circle, and stare at each other in silence. At least that was our answer. It was well over a...

There’s No Junior Holy Spirit

By Brian Kannel, lead pastor at http://www.yorkalliance.org/ and author of Follow Me  “I just don’t know if I could concentrate with children in the group.” “I don’t do well interacting with kids.” “It’s hard for me...

Taking the Long View

By Brian Kannel, lead pastor at http://www.yorkalliance.org/ and author of Follow Me  We began cell ministry at York Alliance Church in 1999. Our cells (we call them LIFE groups) were almost completely intergenerational by their design—there were older folks,...

Sabbath

By Brian Kannel, lead pastor at http://www.yorkalliance.org/ and author of Follow Me Words mean something. My background is in Marketing, so I’m well aware that the choice of one word over another can dramatically change the impact and understanding of a concept....