Preparing for the Holidays Holiday season is officially upon us. As I write this article, home cooks are dusting off their Thanksgiving recipes, providing those well-worn pages with their annual dose of sunlight. Christmas decorations—and Mariah Carey’s “All I Want...
Vision Process Update Our strategic planning committee and our staff remain hard at work to discern our church’s vision from God. Both groups have analyzed our community, evaluated our church, dreamed up a “church plant” that would impact our community, and...
You Are Gifted Most school districts have some version of a “gifted and talented” program. Children who exhibit intellectual abilities beyond those of the average student in their grade are labeled “gifted” and placed in more academically rigorous courses. The rest of...
Overcomplicating Evangelism “I want to share with you the story that changed my life.” A teenager from the Maasai tribe in Kenya stared intently at his friend, hoping his friend would accept the invitation. He repeated, “I have a story I want to share with you.” For...
Watching God Work Philip sat in the scorching desert heat just south of Jerusalem, waiting to see why God led him there. An angel of the Lord told him to follow the road south, and he obliged. But now that the blazing sun bore down upon his head and nobody appeared on...
Building on the Foundation I know nothing about construction. If you’re building a house and coming to me for advice, something has gone terribly wrong. However, even with my limited knowledge regarding construction, I have learned one essential truth about buildings:...
