More Power to You

Ben Dockery

Apr 1, 2025

Studies show most Westerners assume that powerful people are immoral. Whether that is you or not, I’d invite you to think about the power you have been given and what to do about it.

Ben Dockery

Apr 1, 2025

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Lakelight Talk with Nancy Ortberg

Author and CEO Nancy Ortberg will deliver a Lakelight talk on Faith, Work, and Leadership.

Christ Church Lake Forest

Lakelight Class: Truth in the Noise

Spend 4 weeks studying the role Christianity has played in shaping Western Thought. This fast-paced course will be a fly over from Aristotle to AI, from beliefs of early church councils to values of modern universities.

Online

The Lakelight Fellowship Program: Keller

Exploring the collision between Christianity and the Modern World.

GoodReads

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March 2025 GoodReads

March 2025 GoodReads

Glenn Wishnew

Apr 4, 2025

February 2025 GoodReads

February 2025 GoodReads

Glenn Wishnew

Apr 4, 2025

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What we're reading in 2025

Glenn Wishnew

Apr 4, 2025

The Friday Update

A weekly curation of thought-provoking quotes, fascinating statistics, and biblical wisdom.

Not of Ourselves

“We are saved by grace through faith, not of ourselves.“ The Apostle Paul, Ephesians 2:8

Mike Woodruff

Apr 4, 2025

Moment of Clarity

“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!’“ The Parable of the Prodigal Luke 15:17

Mike Woodruff

Mar 27, 2025

Many ancient religions and many modern people end the sentence after “you have done all this evil.” But God regards our failures as only a semicolon.

Mike Woodruff

Mar 18, 2025

Lakelight Monthly

We deliver resources for the formation of wisdom on the final Saturday of each month.

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More Power to You

Studies show most Westerners assume that powerful people are immoral. Whether that is you or not, I’d invite you to think about the power you have been given and what to do about it.

Ben Dockery

Apr 1, 2025

What Was I Made For?

"Freedom is the ability to live how God designed us to live."

Makayla Linsner

Apr 1, 2025

Discipline: Recommitting to a Neglected Virtue of the Christian Life

Practical advice for cultivating discipline in your life.

Miranda Carls

Mar 18, 2025

From A Negative World To A Podcasting World: Pt. 1

Can you feel it? From the Oxford Academic Niall Ferguson to the NYT columnist Ezra Klein, many are noting the vibe-shift taking place in American culture. Glenn Wishnew throws himself into the fray in part one of a two-part series exploring what exactly is changing in American life — and what the Church should do about it.

Glenn Wishnew

Mar 18, 2025

Guarding The Church From Drift

"The gospel is the church’s fixed point of orientation on the shore. Only by staying focused on the gospel will they see how far they’ve drifted."

Collin Hansen

Mar 18, 2025

To Fear Or Not To Fear

When is it good to fear and can we alter our fight, flight, or freeze responses?

Ben Dockery

Mar 18, 2025

2024 Annual Report

2024 Annual Report and Lakelight History

Ben Dockery

Mar 18, 2025

Beneath The Headlines

Unpack key figures, events, and ideas that shaped church history

Celebrating 50 Years with C. S. Lewis

Dr. Jerry Root's Journey – A Press On Interview

Mike Woodruff

Jan 24, 2025

Life in the Negative World

How Christianity Lost Its Cultural Power (with Aaron Renn)

Mike Woodruff

Jan 24, 2025

Stuck in the Present

How History Frees and Forms Christians

Mike Woodruff

Jan 24, 2025

On Good Work

Discussing how faith cultivates our working lives

Stanley McChrystal on Leadership and Risk

A Leading Forward Episode

Ben Dockery

January 24, 2025

Tod Bolsinger on Leading with Tempered Resilience

A Leading Forward Episode

Ben Dockery

January 24, 2025

Rick Woolworth on Whole-Life Mentorship

A Leading Forward Episode

Ben Dockery

January 22, 2025