Being a peacemaker requires strength and skill as a communicator. If we are going to be effective peacemakers, we have to be smarter too.
All in Discipleship
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.
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.
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.
Eschatological Thoughts from Philippians
Sometimes we become impatient regarding Jesus’s promise to come again to take us home. Oh, but he will come! And his coming will be like a bright and fresh spring dawn.
Faithfulness Over Outcome
I will leave you with this encouragement: God is pleased with your faithfulness, not a human-perceived outcome.
Rest Assured
Rest found in God transcends all areas of life. It brings restoration and renewal to our whole self, as God created us.
The Faces of Compassion
Seeing what compassion looks like on Jesus shows us what compassion looks like on God. But what does compassion look like on you and me?
Jesus and a Detached Retina
You need Jesus. For the hard times—and there will be hard times. And in the good times. You need your church family. God hears. God answers. God heals.
Learning the Gospel From A Child
As we prepare to enter into difficult seasons of life may we take the lesson from my son: Love is NEVER the wrong response.
Wrestling With God
You see, wrestling with God is not all bad. When we wrestle with God, we are intimately connected to Him. We couldn’t be closer.
Sharing the Good News
So share good news! Do it whenever you have the opportunity. And trust God to be at work in people’s hearts and lives, including your own.
“I Think We Can Do This!”
Why am I confident that we can do it? We have each other, good resources, the willingness to do it, and more than anything else, I believe with all my heart that the Lord is with us.