Pastors’ Spotlight- Jorge Escalante
The hyphen: integrating the immigrant into ministry
Thriving Clergy
Thrive In 5: Emotional – Ambiguous Loss
The COVID-19 virus has changed the way we “do life” and “do church” so that we are simultaneously absent and present.
Thrive Financial Spotlight: Amon Chidongwe
As Pastor Amon works through TFI’s first year, he will receive (from the grant) a match of up to $1,000 of what Horizons church has invested in him. In addition, TFI will match another $1,000 from another source that elected to invest in…
Thrive in 5: Financial – Choosing the Kingdom Path
Gary Hoag, Scott Rodin and Wesley Willmer challenge churches and ministries to recalculate the route for Christ-centered ministry by examining the presuppositions that drive decision-making and vision casting.
Thrive In 5: Relational- Creating Shared Meaning
Relationships that last.
Thrive In 5: Spiritual – Contemplative Prayer: Palms Down, Palms Up
During this time of Covid-19, we feel it is vitally important for pastors to continue to learn to carve out a few moments each day to simply be with God in prayer.
Thrive Financial Spotlight: Jason Parker
Now, nearing the end of the TFI process, the Parker family have worked toward the Thrive team’s collective goals, paying down all $20,000 in debt, and are completely debt-free as they now work on the next step (building their savings fund).
Thrive in 5: Physical- A Theological Perspective on Essence & Performance
A Theological Perspective on Essence & Performance In today’s world, some would argue that our human value is based upon function or performance. For example, assertions are made that the unborn child developing in her mother’s womb is not truly human or...
Thrive In 5: Intellectual – Time for A Missional Reset
Time for A Missional Reset
Thrive In 5: Spiritual – From Solitude to Community to Ministry
Spiritual Disciplines: From Solitude to Community to Ministry
Indiana Wesleyan: Fusion Youth Conference
While this year’s conference was the first hosted completely online, its online attendance–5,600 people from 38 states and 3 countries–surpassed the original sold-out attendance of 3,800.
Thrive In 5: Emotional -Are you a “High Hoper?”
All of us will face moments when we must exercise hope. Hope researchers observe that hope is active, not passive. “High hopers” exert whatever degree of control they have to reach that for which they hope.
Thrive in 5: Financial – Truth in Troubling Financial Times
With people worried and fearful about what tomorrow will bring, there is a great search for assurance and comfort. Where can people find hope in today’s financial world?
Thrive In 5: Special Coronavirus Edition
Today, what I find most interesting is the peaceful image of Jesus in the back of the boat.
Thrive In 5: Relational- Honor Each Other’s Life Dreams
Five Keys to Good Conflict Management
Thrive in 5: Physical- The Peloton Bike Commercial & A Fitness Focus
A Fitness Focus.
Houghton College Alumni Spotlight: John Rhett
“This is one of the greatest challenges for a teacher at a Christian college – for a teacher that is a believer – how to educate, expose and equip young minds to make their way through a visual culture…”
Thrive In 5: Intellectual – Developing a Wesleyan “Fake News” Filter
Developing a Wesleyan “Fake News” Filter
Thrive In 5: Emotional- Emotional Rule of Life
Cultivating a healthier emotional life.
Thrive in 5: Financial- Financial Convictions in the Five Uses of Money
Financial Convictions in the Five Uses of Money
Houghton College Alumni Spotlight: Taylor Wilding
“Everything you do or don’t do; everything you say or don’t say sends a message–so make sure all you do or say reorients people toward Christ and not toward the world.”
Neighborhood Faith: Urban Ministry in Portland
“In the church planting world, a lot of the language we use is colonialist. We say, ‘We have God and we will bring him to these people.’ But one of my discoveries has been that God was always in Portland and at work in Portland,” Doiron said.
Thrive In 5: Relational- Good Conflict Management
Five Keys to Good Conflict Management
Finding the middle way
“It was a rich experience for me to understand that God is bigger than any one denominational box… All of the different perspectives find alignment and agreement in God,” Jones reflected.
