While non-profit organizations can never take the place of the church, the church can come alongside these organizations, pool resources, and work together.
All in Church
Urban Public Schools and the Kingdom of God (Part 2)
Regardless of how deeply churches get engaged in urban schools, the need is still pressing and Christians have a responsibility to the vulnerable children among us.
Urban Public Schools and the Kingdom of God (Part 1)
The people of God are called to see this and to act. We are called to stop and help the vulnerable children among us because the love of God in us.
Run Your Own Race
“Run your own race” sounds nice as a bumper sticker, but life tells us, “Grade yourself against others … and always try to come out on top.”
The Mission of Campus Ministries and Christian Universities
Campus ministries do not steal away Christian students who should be enrolling at a Christian college. Rather, campus ministries are missional groups striving to make disciples for Christ.
Most Read Church Posts in 2016
Here's a quick recap of some of our most read posts from 2016. What were some of your favorite CHARIS posts in 2016? We would love to hear from you!
Healthy Responses for Church Leaders: What “Getting Turned Around” in Atlanta Taught Me about Church Leadership
Focus on direction can be difficult for leaders because we so often get swept up into the tyranny of the urgent.
Uninvited Guests in Worship
If Jesus calls the church to be its own culture and society, why is it that some people feel unwelcomed by the church when the church is in fact its own way of life?
Shell-Shocked Preacher
If you are wounded and shell-shocked, I want to encourage you to find some healing. Do something that is life-giving, and please listen for the prompting and the timing of the Spirit.
Nuremberg Funnel: Reenvisioning the Work of Leadership
A look at three metaphors that help teachers re-envision the work of education: pilgrimage (journey), gardening, and building.
The Crossroads of Art and Faith: A Contemporary Christian Conversation
Dan McGregor discusses the value of art to faith in an image-based culture, highlighting how art has the potential of conveying the divine in a way that words alone cannot.
Shocking Judgment
When you are a preacher or teacher, every experience becomes a raw material for teaching. I hope the implications of this analogy are obvious and you might come up with your own in your messages.
The Best Offense: Defending Orphans for the Sake of the Kingdom
Psalm 10:12-18 lays out God’s plan for defeating evil, and it’s pretty simple: “defending the fatherless [orphan] and the oppressed” (10:18).
The War on Advent
Advent is a reminder that we still wait for the Messiah. As a people who live in the “now and not yet” of the kingdom of God, we await the return of Christ.
Healing the Wounds of Political War through Advent
Many churches feel as if they have been through war. Advent offers the possibility of helping to heal the wounds of war in our midst.
Healthy Responses for Church Leaders: What is “Health” Anyway?
I think a lot of how we think of pastoral care is actually care that’s happening at the intervention level of spiritual health.
Dimensions of Leadership
Mission, context and purpose are significant for congregational leaders, yet each of these things can quickly and easily be lost in the rapidly changing world we inhabit.
Confessions of an Exhausted Volunteer
Ultimately, I am praising God for inviting all of us to partner together to fulfill God’s purposes; we were never called to shoulder the work on our own.
What “Field of Dreams” Taught Me about Church
Wouldn’t it be great if we were so locked in to the guidance of the Spirit that nothing could persuade us to cease in our effort to follow where it leads?
Healthy Responses for Church Leaders: Preserving (not Creating) Unity and the Bond of Peace
Churches of Christ haven’t had a hard time wanting Christian unity, but we have had a difficult time keeping it.