Pandemic fear, pandemic faith
Fear and faith will always fight for a place in your life. Let faith win.
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Miedo pandémico, fe pandémica
El miedo y la fe siempre lucharán por un lugar en tu vida. ¡La fe puede vencer al miedo!
What Should Discipleship Look Like In My Church
This Discipleship tool has been created for you to evaluate your discipleship model in your context, and to adapt it to your zip code.
Where are the senior pastors who are women?
We can help change the current trend and create a culture of receptivity of women being welcomed into our churches as senior pastors.
Love in the time of COVID
When I think of this wild year, I will think of 1 John 3: remembering how Christ has called us to love.
Hope for Eeyore
Eeyore’s mentality is, “Why bother?” But there is room for hope.
COVID-19: the great reset
This is our chance to turn the “Great Pause” of quarantine into a “Great Reset” and launch into a new chapter of our lives and ministries, prioritizing what matters most.
A time to thrive in the shifting
I believe the church will shift as a result of the COVID pandemic. The phrase “new normal” has never been more appropriate.
The bold, adventurous and risky gospel
Wesleyans are part of a tradition of Christians who believe that the gospel of Jesus Christ ought to shape not only our personal morality but our politics.
What’s your bag of flour?
The baking aisle shelves held no flour, and I began to panic.
Disfrútala más
En la ausencia de mi dulce madre, hoy dejaré que mis palabras levanten un homenaje por lo que ella representó en mi vida.
Enjoy her more
In the absence of my sweet mother, today, I will let my words lift a tribute for what she represented in my life.
Bringing hospitality to Chicago’s most vulnerable
When we recoil in fear and allow terror to gain space in our hearts, we are stepping away from God’s invitation to make all things new.
Lay leader remains optimistic despite cancer challenges
A Canadian man has battled cancer for years. But his hope remains rooted in Christ as he lives each day with the disease.
We are all the ministers
As pastors, our job is to equip the ministers in our church. If we equip well and, they, in turn minister well, then the church may rise up as more essential and grace-filled than any time in recent Western history.
Beloved educator remembered
Janet Thompson sacrificially loved like Jesus.
A providential God in uncertain times
We all have had our normal lives disrupted by this COVD-19 pandemic, but it is important for us to realize that we are people of faith, not fear.
An abundance of caution and love: why we need the Church
We have, as we should, an abundance of caution these days. But do we have an abundance of love?
Five tips for working remotely during COVID-19 pandemic
Here are several practices I’ve refined over the years to allow remote work to be effective and efficient (and even enjoyable).
Clergy, the church and mobilizing during COVID-19
As our communities scramble to respond to the novel coronavirus, churches have an opportunity to lead the way in faithful, compassionate service to the sick, needy and those at-risk. This really is a make-or-break time for churches to be load-bearing institutions in...
Neighboring during COVID-19
As COVID-19 causes churches to cancel services, effective congregations in these weeks will be measured less by how many people we can gather, and more by how deeply we can send our people into our communities to (wisely, cautiously, hopefully) serve and bear the...
Holiness and the coronavirus virus
Historically, the Church has always stepped up to the plate; let’s not let this time be any different.
What I’m learning about humanity and divinity from the coronavirus
I was exposed to COVID-19 and have been quarantined.
Lent abandonment
Lent is a season of preparation and sacrifice. It can also be a season of abandonment, whether sin, a bad direction, or even a dream. What can you abandon this Lent season?
