If you are not where you should be, get there quickly. Go home. Go to church or worship. If you are where you should not be, leave.
Fix Your Face; Find the Words
Being a peacemaker requires strength and skill as a communicator. If we are going to be effective peacemakers, we have to be smarter too.
The Fellowship of the Holy Spirit
To share stories, experiences and life with one another is to offer more of who God is to each other, which elevates and proclaims the way that the Spirit is at work in all of us.
Lead Us, Deliver Us
Prayer is our way of asking God to lead us not into temptation but to deliver us from evil through His grace and power! This is the only way we can be victorious.
Overwhelmed with Gratitude
Overwhelming gratitude is born in our hearts. It begins in our thoughts. It permeates our attitudes. It seeps out in our words. It is heard in our prayers.
What Rejuvenates Your Spirit?
Will I always so purposefully offer self-care to myself? Realistically, no. But now I’ve learned to reframe my question to the tired caregiver.
Joy in the Mourning
The Trinity put on flesh through Jesus’s birth, and when you show up as Jesus On You, that moment becomes an uncontaminated image, purely the companionship of Jesus.
Why Ministry Extends Beyond the Church Walls: A Personal Reflection
The gospels are a testament to the transformative power of personal connection, empathy, and tangible assistance—core components of ministry that extend far beyond the physical church.
Show Me Your Glory
One of the most common desires I heard from so many people really came down to the same request from God: we wanted His presence.
Ministerial Insights in Colossians 1:24-2:7
The Christian minister—if genuine—will have marks on his body and soul. This is part of the cost that a servant of God must pay.
Flipping the Script on Spiritual Disciplines
Flipping the script on how we present practicing spiritual disciplines could certainly impact our churches, both in how many are choosing to practice and in their attitude toward them.
Why I – But Not Necessarily You – Will Not Vote
On a deeper level, I am not convinced that as a Christian my mission is to save America. I accept that my mission is to save Americans, not America.
When Should a Volunteer Be Paid?
Should those leading the church just assume that person loves to serve? When should leaders ask the question, “Are we taking advantage of someone’s time and talents as a volunteer?”
Wrestling with Hard Questions
If we are to help our children find their place in God’s unfolding story, one of our priorities must be ensuring that our children know that God is big enough to handle all of the questions.
Can AI Do My Job?
Perhaps we should focus less on developing skills that could be done by AI, and focus more on developing skills like emotional regulation, living within our values, being authentic, and having empathy.
Supervising Single Staff Members in Churches
While the intended audience of the book “Thriving as a Single Person in Ministry” is two-fold, I would like to offer this book as a necessary resource for church leaders of single staff members.
More Than Our Memory
I want to encourage us with the conviction that we as ministers, theologians, and Christian leaders have something important to add to the conversation.
How Old Are You – 12?
If we can pause, think about what we want to happen BEFORE we leap into the 12-year-old win/lose mindset, we will seek and save the lost too, my friends.
Named
God says that we are his children. We are no longer orphans or nameless. We do belong. If you are one of his children, God has given you his name.
Growing Into Our Calling
We will always be in process, becoming what we are called to be. We learn through doing. Sometimes we learn by doing well, but typically we learn more by doing poorly.