Life can stagger you like that sometimes. We live in a world of lightning strikes, both literal and relational, intentional and random.
Life can stagger you like that sometimes. We live in a world of lightning strikes, both literal and relational, intentional and random.
I think what this boils down to is this question set: Can I be actually okay with not getting my way? Is it okay if the thing I desperately want just doesn’t happen?
Yet if leaders remain in the world of present reality without the hope-engendering question of “What if?” then leaders falter in their leadership.
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.
Being a peacemaker requires strength and skill as a communicator. If we are going to be effective peacemakers, we have to be smarter too.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.