Anxious leaderships do allow cranky souls to disturb the peace for those in ministry; too often those leaders are themselves the agitators.
All in Discipleship
James Did It to Me Again!
I am thankful we have forthright, get-to-the-point early Christian leaders like James to remind us of the key to it all.
God in the Backseat
Here are a few things I’ve learned while driving for Lyft, as God showed up in my backseat.
Settling for Peanuts
Is the presence of Christ set as the destination of our spiritual GPS? Or are we stuck on the side of the road, settling for peanuts, having forgotten where we are going?
Through a Glass Dimly: Emotional Intelligence As Discipleship (Part 2)
The gospel is an emotional story that requires emotional intelligence to discern and follow.
A Class, a Committee, and an Orphanage
This is the story of how God worked to help Destiny find her destiny as a disciple.
Interview Skillz
Do we sincerely strive to improve our communication as we mature, as we strive to improve in other spiritual areas? If we don’t, why not?
What’s Baptism Got to Do with Leadership?
We fail to understand baptism unless we understand that baptism marks us as disciples of Jesus Christ who obey his calling every single day.
Seeing through the Smoke
God’s kingdom is all around us, but we must be able to see it as a child does in order to experience its wonder and joy.
Let the Redeemed Tell Their Story
There’s power in telling a story and telling it well. And I believe that there is no more powerful story than that of God’s movement in your life.
Through a Glass Dimly: Emotional Intelligence As Discipleship (Part 1)
Our heritage focuses on right thinking and purposeful doing, often without acknowledging emotion.
The Stories We Tell
We are all storytellers. We want people to see a piece of who we are, who we love, what humbles us, what makes us proud, what shatters us, what brings us peace.
The Wool We Wear (Part 3)
The third (and most annoying) way to end narcissistic shepherding is through the willingness to not shepherd. At least not that sheep at that time.
Taking up the Mantle
Our respect for previous generations often creates a crisis when the moment comes for our generation to assume responsibility for the Lord’s work.
Striking Rocks: Losing Sight of God
The moral of the story is to be wary of striking rocks as leaders of God’s people. We need to steer away from the temptation to make what we do about ourselves.
The Importance of Story
Stories are what it means to be human. Our brains are bent to creating a narrative to explain and quantify what we encounter.
Hide and Seek
It’s a strange thing when we put God in the role of the hider and us in the role of the finder. That’s not the biblical story at all.
Jonah and the Second Word of the Lord
I can’t help but wonder what it would look like to be someone who obeyed the first time the word of the Lord came to me.
Help Me Pass On My Faith to My Grandchildren
As grandparents, we can—and should—be active in the spiritual formation of our grandchildren.
All of You is Welcome Here
To love is to invite each other to bring our full selves and all of our experiences to the relationship.