WELCOME!
... to Guided Pathways
A radically different way to connect with content that goes beyond information.
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*ENTRYWAYS orient you *PATHWAYS guide you *DOORWAYS invite focused ministry exploration *GATEWAYS open our resource reservoir for discovery
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Your Invitation to Reimagine
We hope you will accept our invitation to utilize Reimagine.Network for more than a quick read or a topical search.
We have redesigned the site around pathways for explorers.
Commentary, teaching, conversation and resources collated in an interactive format. Birthed by questions that help you discern who Christ is calling you to become—and how He is calling you to live, lead, and serve.
Our mind-set is different.
Questions before answers. Contemplation before conclusions. Pursuit before programs.
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“Here's Where We're Going"
5 Questions prepare you → 12 Big Questions examine you →
Ministry Hubs help you explore ministry → Leader Labs help you practice what you're discovering.
We Answer Your 5 Questions About the Journey
At first, our invitation may seem like too much work.
Or perhaps it feels like a pathway of discovery for you and your ministry.
Reading time?
*Browse: 2+ minutes / *Average: 8-10 minutes / *Pondering/Journaling: at your pace
Too much work?
Just click above on “Home Again” and as you scroll, see what catches your attention
Pathway to discovery?
These 5 questions briefly explain why our pathways begin with you, then focus on your ministry roles and relationships; your hopes and dreams.
- WHY Reimagine? — Conviction: Why should I rethink anything?
- Why Reimagine Here? — Orientation: Why this site and this approach?
- Question Zero: Why Start with “Why?” — Formation: How should I prepare myself to explore?
- Explore Together — Participation: How can we explore these questions with others?
- How to GPS Reimagine.Network — Navigation: Where do I find what I need?
The future of your ministry begins with the renewal of your mind.
A ministry website should not merely organize content.
It should intentionally shape the experience of the person exploring it.
We hope you will accept our invitation to a journey of Spirit-led, Scripture-fed conversations that give birth to ministry transformation.
✍ JOURNAL
What brings me to this journey right now?
Name the concern, curiosity, calling, dissatisfaction, or question you are carrying.
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>>>LET’S GROW . . . Please scroll
1 — WHY Reimagine?
Primary question: Why should I reconsider how I think about what I believe and how I practice it?
As We Begin...
“To reimagine is not to change what we believe, but to reconsider how we think about what we believe.”
That distinction shapes everything that follows.
Reimagine.Network does not begin by asking us to abandon biblical truth or adopt the most popular trend. It invites us to examine whether our assumptions, traditions, methods, systems, and ministry practices faithfully express that truth in the mind of Christ.
Why Reimagine?
Because we do not want to confuse tradition with transformation.
Because we do not want to keep improving programs while neglecting the renewal of our minds.
Because Christ is not merely one topic among many. He is the center.
Because the right solution is often birthed by the right question.
Because Romans 12:2 calls us to resist being shaped by the patterns of this world and to allow God to transform us by renewing the way we think.
What Are We Reimagining?
Not the Gospel.
Not the authority of Scripture.
Not Jesus Christ.
We are reimagining how we think about—and therefore how we practice—discipleship, prayer, evangelism, church, leadership, compassion, mission, unity, culture, and the future of ministry.
We are blessed by tradition, but we are not bound to assume that every inherited application, structure, method, or ministry habit is timeless.
What If . . .
every biblical call to repent includes an invitation
to change the way we think?
Spirit-Led. Scripture-Fed.
Reimagining is not an invitation to rely on human imagination. It is an invitation to yield our thinking to the Holy Spirit and allow Scripture to expose, correct, renew, and redirect us.
“Don't be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.” — Romans 12:2 (CEV)
That renewal must reach beyond our private moral lives. It must shape how we pray, make disciples, share the Gospel, lead, organize ministry, engage our communities, and live together as the Body of Christ.
Our Invitation
We are not looking for quick fixes. We are not beginning with programming.
We are asking God for the humility to listen, the courage to unlearn what must be unlearned, and the faith to follow our Lord Jesus wherever He leads.
Reimagining begins when we become willing to let God renew the way we think.
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What am I beginning to realize I may need to rethink?
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2 — Why Reimagine Here?
Primary question: Why use this unusual website?
Reimagine.Network Has Changed
Not simply in appearance. Not merely in navigation. Not only in the number of resources available. We have revamped the way the site functions.
Revamp suggests “a bold, energetic transformation, a fresh perspective, and an adventurous leap into something dynamically different.”
Reimagine.Network began as a growing collection of articles, interviews, discussions, tools, and ministry resources.
As the archive grew, finding related content became difficult and time consuming. We knew we had to reimagine how to serve explorers who came to us already on their own reimagine journey.
From a Resource Catalogue to a Guided Pursuit System (GPS)
Reimagine.Network has reformatted as a “GPS,” designed to help pastors, ministry leaders, teams, and thoughtful Christ-followers explore the questions that matter, connect relevant resources, discern biblically, and pursue faithful next steps.
From Browsing Content to Following a Path
We believe faithful reimagination often begins with a holy dissatisfaction—something that prompts us to ask a better question.
That question becomes a leadership challenge, raises a theological issue, and/or calls for spiritual growth. The guided pathways invite connected conversations fueled by “Big Questions,” “Ministry Hubs,” “Leader Labs,” “Thought-Leader” interviews, and leadership tools. Next steps and strategies are not prescribed for you; they are prayerfully discerned by you and your team.
From Categories to Questions
Our organizing framework is increasingly shaped by questions because we have learned: “Better ministry decisions often begin with better questions.”
From Quick Answers to Guided Inquiry
We invite careful reading, biblical reflection, honest conversation, examination of assumptions, prayerful discernment, and faithful experimentation.
From Isolated Resources to Connected Learning
Learning resources are connected so an explorer can move from merely reading to reflecting and refocusing, discussing and discerning, which invariably lead to action.
From Ministry Information to Ministry Formation
The goal is not to simply know more, but to allow the Holy Spirit through Scripture to reshape how we think, live, lead, and serve.
From One-Way Communication to Conversation
We don't merely present information for people to read. We accompany them as they discover, listen, and respond to truth through thought-provoking commentary, discussion guidelines, sidebar quotes and comments. Every article becomes a conversation.
From Maintaining Ministry to Reimagining Faithfulness
We ask whether familiar ways of thinking and working faithfully express Scripture and the mind of Christ in our present context. Faithful change is anchored in Scripture, prompted by holy curiosity, and pursued with courage.
Why This Matters
A ministry website should not merely organize content. It should intentionally shape the experience of the person exploring it—without predetermining their conclusions.
That is what Guided Pathways are designed to do: help you know where you are, why you are there, and what faithful next step may follow.
Choose a question. Explore the pathway. Join the conversation. Discern where God may be leading.
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What “holy dissatisfaction” or better question is beginning to surface?
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Mind-Setter
More than a website.
A guided pathway toward Spirit-led, Scripture-fed transformation.
3 — Question Zero
Why Start with “Why?”
Every Question Begins with a Quest
Hello, Explorer!
Welcome to Reimagine.Network—a place to explore, discern, discuss, and faithfully follow Jesus Christ.
Please don't hurry. These are Guided Spiritual Formation Conversations. Read prayerfully. Pause often. Reflect honestly. Respond personally.
We don't merely present information for you to read. We accompany you as you discover, listen to, and respond to truth.
Better Questions
Better questions slow us down. They interrupt assumptions, awaken curiosity, expose blind spots, and invite us to listen more carefully.
Better questions create space for the Holy Spirit to renew our minds through Scripture.
Throughout Scripture, God often worked through questions. Jesus consistently utilized questioning to open minds and hearts.
Jesus wasn't merely talking theology. He was inviting transformation.
This Journey Begins With You
Before we rethink church...
Before we reframe discipleship or reformat evangelism...
Before we review leadership or revise ministry...
Before we dare to reimagine how we pray about our future...
Will I allow the Holy Spirit to transform the way I think?
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My response:
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Every one of us begins this journey with limitations and constraints. We bring experiences, traditions, assumptions, successes, disappointments, and blind spots. That realization should cultivate humility, not paralysis.
Quest Before You Question
Questing is learning to become a more perceptive seeker, a disciplined listener, an unafraid unlearner, and a faithful follower of wherever the Holy Spirit leads through Scripture.
Our quest:
What kind of explorer do I hope to become?
Not merely: What do I hope to learn?
Who is Jesus Christ inviting me to become?
✍ JOURNAL
What kind of explorer do I hope to become?
What may I need to learn, unlearn, listen for, or surrender?
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Looking Through a Glass Darkly
We do not begin by assuming we see everything clearly. We approach Scripture, prayer, and one another with humility and dependence.
“Now all we can see of God is like a cloudy picture in a mirror.
Later we will see him face to face.
We don't know everything, but then we will, just as God completely understands us.”
1 Corinthians 13:12
The Holy Spirit often reveals truth one insight, one conversation, one act of obedience at a time.
Every conversation becomes another opportunity to see a little more clearly.
Your Guided Pursuit System (GPS)
GPS Question #1 — Why am I beginning this journey?
Am I willing to allow the Holy Spirit to transform the way I think, read Scripture, pray, listen, lead, and live?
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Why am I beginning this journey?
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GPS Question #2 — Will I faithfully follow wherever our Lord Jesus leads—even when He challenges my assumptions, invites me to unlearn familiar patterns, or calls me to change?
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Where might following Jesus challenge an assumption, familiar pattern, or preferred way?
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Pray. NOW!
Pause. Become still before God. Welcome the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ. Invite the Holy Spirit to be your Teacher. Ask the Father to renew your mind through His Word.
Lord, what do You want me to ask You?
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My prayer / what I need to keep listening for:
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Spirit-Led Listening
- Attend to Scripture.
- Mind the Holy Spirit.
- Hear one another.
- Listen before declaring.
- Learn before defending.
- Pray before deciding.
READ • PLEAD • HEED • SEED • PROCEED
READ
Read Scripture first. Then read thoughtfully. Don't hurry. Look for Jesus Christ. Notice what the Holy Spirit brings to your attention.
PLEAD
Prayer is more than preparation. Prayer is participation. Ask for wisdom, discernment, humility, courage, and joyful obedience.
HEED
Ask: Lord, what are You inviting me to believe... become... and live out? Then take the next faithful step.
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ONE response — What is Jesus inviting me to believe, become, or live out?
Not ten responses. One faithful response.
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SEED
Share what you're learning. Invite others into the conversation. One faithful conversation often becomes the seed of many others.
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Who will I invite into this conversation?
Name: ______________________________________________
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PROCEED
Keep walking. Keep asking better questions. Keep listening. Keep learning. Keep following our Lord Jesus Christ. Keep sharing your journey with those you shepherd.
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My next faithful step:
When will I begin? _________________________________________
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As You Continue...
May the Father deepen your love for His Son.
May our Lord Jesus Christ continually (re)place Himself at the center of your life, relationships, leadership, and ministry.
May the Holy Spirit renew your mind through Scripture, guide your conversations with wisdom, shape your heart with humility, strengthen your faith with courage, and lead you to joyfully follow wherever our Lord Jesus leads.
May your better questions lead to deeper trust, your deeper trust lead to faithful obedience, and your faithful obedience become a blessing to those you shepherd.
Walk prayerfully. Listen expectantly. Respond faithfully. Continue your journey with our Lord Jesus Christ.
4 —Exploring the Big Questions Together — Facilitator’s Guide
Primary question: How can we experience these conversations with others?
Learn together. Pray together. Rethink together.
Exploring the Big Questions Together — Facilitator’s Guide
Reimagine.Network is not designed merely for individual reading. Invite a ministry team, leadership group, small group, cohort, congregation, or trusted friend into the conversation.
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Who could explore with me?
Person, team, group, cohort, or congregation:
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This is more than a reading plan or a research project. These conversations should be read and responded to as if you are being mentored and guided.
Don't force your way through the material. Flow through it prayerfully, allowing the Holy Spirit to redirect your attention so that you experience—not merely complete—what you are reading.
Culture, Not Merely Curriculum
Culture is a much larger word than curriculum.
Curriculum teaches.
Culture shapes.
We are cultivating a culture of listening, humility, thoughtful questioning, dependence on the Holy Spirit, biblical reflection, shared discernment, and faithful participation.
The facilitator guides the conversation so that everyone participates, learns to ask questions, and experiences a Spirit-led culture.
The Facilitator
a Guide, not a Director.
The facilitator does not control the conversation or hurry people through material. The facilitator creates space for Scripture, the Holy Spirit, better questions, and one another.
The facilitator's goal is not to lead people through the material. The facilitator's goal is to help the material, through Scripture and the Holy Spirit, lead people to Jesus Christ.
James 1:19 gives us a useful posture: Be an active listener. Think before you speak. Don't react; respond. (paraphrase)
Practice Spirit-Led Listening
- Attend to Scripture.
- Mind the Holy Spirit.
- Hear one another.
- Listen before declaring.
- Learn before defending.
- Pray before deciding.
A Simple Formation Rhythm
READ
What stands out? What challenges, encourages, or surprises us?
PLEAD
What should we ask the Holy Spirit to illuminate? What should we pray about?
HEED
What are we being invited to believe, become, and live out?
SEED
Who else needs this conversation? How might we share what we are learning?
PROCEED
What faithful next step will we take—and how will we keep sharing the journey with those we shepherd?
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Our next faithful step:
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Remember
We don't talk at you; we walk with you.
We don't merely present information for people to read. We accompany them as they discover, listen, and respond to truth.
5 — How to GPS Reimagine.Network
Primary question: Where do I find what I need?
Our Guided Pathways coach you as you explore.
First stop?
The Big Questions are a personal inventory—
questions that examine the explorer before the explorer examines ministry.
Then . . .
Ministry Hubs help explorers shape their future ministry.
Review this page as a dashboard. Use it when you know your next step —or when you need help discovering where to begin.
Designed for Explorers
Start with Big Questions
Explore the Big Questions when you want to rethink critical and biblical foundational issues in life, leadership, church, or ministry.
Browse the Ministry Hubs
Choose a ministry focus when you want a curated cluster of conversations, resources, tools, interviews, and next steps.
Explore the Big Questions Together — Participation
Explore with others, using the Facilitator's Guide when you are working with a team, group, cohort, or congregation.
Explore New Content
Use the home page (menu and scroll) to discover recent guest posts, interviews, videos, podcasts, ministry news, and resources.
Search the Network
Search by a ministry concern, a question, a Scripture/application issue, a keyword, or a #tag.
What Are You Looking For?
- A foundational question → Reimagine “You” with the Big Questions
- A ministry concern → Ministry Hubs
- A group experience → Exploring the Big Questions Together — Facilitator's Guide
- Training and equipping → Leader Labs & Mini-Courses
- Interviews and perspectives → Topical Archives / Interviews
- Something specific → Search / keywords / #tags
A Simple GPS Habit
Ask: Where is my focus, passion, concern, or question?
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My focus, passion, concern, or question:
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Then choose the pathway that best fits what brought you here. You do not need to understand the entire archive before you begin.
Start somewhere meaningful. Follow the connections. Pause when the Spirit redirects your attention.
The Five Questions prepare me for the journey.
The Big Questions examine me.
The Ministry Hubs help me examine ministry.
The Guided Spiritual Formation Conversations form me with others.
The Leader Labs help us practice what we're discovering.
Mind-Setter
Don't just search for information.
Discover a new way to think: about prayer, about leading, about serving.
Explorers — Reimagine “You” with the Big Questions
Get yourself ready before you lead others —
Begin a serious Spirit-led, Scripture-fed journey of listening prayer.
...because the future of your ministry begins with the renewal of your mind.
Before you reimagine your ministry, invite the Holy Spirit to reimagine you.
Before God changes our ministries, He changes us.
Before He reshapes our leadership, He renews our minds.
Before He transforms our churches, He transforms the people who lead and serve within them.
The Big Questions invite us to begin where lasting transformation begins: with ourselves.
Each question is an invitation to allow the Holy Spirit, through Scripture, to reshape not only what we think—but who we are becoming.
Use the Big Questions as doorways. Choose the question that most closely touches your present focus, passion, concern, calling, or uncertainty. Then follow it into the related Ministry Hubs and Guided Spiritual Formation Conversations.
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As I prepare for the Big Questions, what do I most want the Holy Spirit to examine in me?
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Before I proceed, my prayer is:
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YOUR JOURNEY CONTINUES → Big Question #1: (re)Center Christ
How can we re-center every message, ministry, and mission on Jesus Christ?
BONUS Content >>>SCROLL for RELATED COMMENTARY by GUEST-POSTERS + FEATURED CONTRIBUTORS
Love the progression of thought, reflection, and prayer on this page! Wonder if you could adapt the progression and categoriize content on the site around particular audiences and/or areas to reimagine - like church, discipleship, compassion, worship, prayer, and evangelism?
I always benefit from your counsel Jim.
I have added a few topical decrement on the front page and when readers click to the Minustry Hubs, they'll find topical options.
May God bless your and my efforts at blessing those who serve the Church,
Phil