Gordon Ritchie: A Physician of the Soul
Gordon Ritchie recently retired from a fulfilling career as a United States Marine Corps Chaplain. After twenty-four years of service, Ritchie has had an influence on many young people in the US Navy
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Instant save
Viewers of NBC’s “The Voice” know all about the “instant save” feature. Jim Dunn speaks of a more original, more life-giving “instant save.”
Tick tock
When we know we are one day closer to eternity than we were yesterday, how then shall we live? Jim Dunn examines what it means to live with purpose as the clock continues to run in each of our lives.
Pastor experiences restoration through grace
A Wesleyan pastor’s credentials were suspended. But by God’s grace and much hard work, she was restored and is telling her story with transparency, hoping to help others.
Residency Spotlight: Ashley Brooks: Finding a Win-Win Ministry Residency Program
Ashley Brooks now knows a thing or two about leadership. But fresh out of undergraduate and seminary programs at Indiana Wesleyan University, she wasn’t quite so equipped. When mentors suggested she pursue residency, Ashley contacted Cypress Wesleyan Church near...
Residency Spotlight: Ashley Brooks: Finding a Win-Win Ministry Residency Program
Church fitness begins with healthy leadership.
Ashley Brooks shares 4 indicators of an effective residency program.
Enjoy life!
Of all days for the cashier to tell Jim Dunn to “enjoy life!” it had to be on the anniversary of his wife’s homegoing to heaven. But God spoke to Jim through that exchange as only he can.
Border Crossing: outreach carnivals with diverse neighbors
Elizabeth Drury helps us understand how to have autumn parties with our diverse neighbors in mind.
The grace of Reformation Day
It’s been almost 500 years since Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to a church door in Germany. This one event changed the world in how Christians view the basics of the gospel.
One dollar and sixty-one cents
Read how a cleaning woman realized a meager $1.61 proved to a client that she was both thorough and honest.
The Community of Saints
Shirley A. Mullen examines the importance of the Community of Saints within Christianity. She reflects on those pilgrims who’ve already made their journey and how they’ve impacted her own.
Elite Services
I was going to miss my connection flight. The walk to the next terminal would take longer than the actual layover time. Then a gentleman nearby said, “Follow me.” Surprisingly I made it home that day.
Chaplain Spotlight: Bryan Purvis — The Ministry of Presence
Chaplain Purvis recently was promoted to Lieutenant Commander – a professional success he attributes to the men he serves. “Promotions have little to do with me and everything to do with those I serve with; they, the enlisted and other officers, make...
Chaplain Spotlight: Bryan Purvis — The Ministry of Presence
From ministering as Chaplain to Navy’s football team to serving the Midshipmen, Sailors & Marines at the Naval Academy, active-duty Navy Chaplain Bryan Purvis is a man of honor, service & sacrifice.
How to Flourish: Faith, Work, and Economics
“It’s rare to have an opportunity to be able to help members of your congregation to inhabit their vocation as part of a Kingdom calling, much less work with other church leaders to strategize how to transform your church and community. Psalm 104 gave us...
How to Flourish: Faith, Work, and Economics
“It’s rare to have an opportunity to be able to help members of your congregation to inhabit their vocation as part of a Kingdom calling”
Overcomer
The 91-year-old fell midway through the cross country ski race. Though he fractured four ribs, he kept plodding along and finished. Are you an overcomer like Hermann?
10-year-old answers Global Partners’ invitation to pray
A 10-year-old felt burdened to pray that God would send missionaries to Cambodia. He was excited to learn that God answered and began to expand his prayers with fervency thereafter.
The world will change in three months
Jim Dunn predicts that lives will be radically changed in various ways as a result of Follow 2015, this December. He speaks from experience, because his life was changed at Follow years ago.
Fiery tongues and four-letter words
Josh McNall is a professor at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. In his new book, he describes challenges of communicating Christ outside our cultural niche.
A trembling heart transformed to go and love
Little did I know when I left America that God would transform my trembling heart into one that has been lovingly broken for Czech people.
Journeys Into Ministry: Rob Rogalski
“When I accepted the Lord in 1983, I dove headlong into lay ministry. I was involved in a senior executives’ small group at the Pentagon; I volunteered in youth, prison, and men’s ministries. But just over two and a half years ago, I felt a calling...
The importance of the Church’s role in emergency response efforts
Jo Anne Lyon examines the important role churches play in emergency response efforts worldwide. These efforts have been illustrated most recently following Nepal’s devastating earthquake.
Journeys Into Ministry: Rob Rogalski
Few people can claim a career working counterintelligence for the Pentagon. Still fewer get called to ministry afterwards. But Rob Rogalski—a 68 year old pastor from Waldorf, MD—can say just that.
