3am. Startled awake. Can’t sleep. Wide awake. Random pain didn’t wake me up. It wasn’t a rock thrown through our window (although that definitely happened a couple weeks ago). It wasn’t a storm raging outside.
I love backpacking! I’m not talking about driving your car up to a spot and unloading your tent for the night. I love trips where you carry all your resources on your back miles into
I’ve often thought about our first year of church planting and wondered what I would do differently if I could go back. So, imagine with me that Dr. Who shows up in his Tardis and
This article was originally published on the Sojourn Network. “Death and life are in the power of the tongue…” – Proverbs 18:21 Words are important. God made the world through His Word (Genesis. 1:3; John.
Ministry is a joy, but ministry is also heavy. Even if you’re overjoyed to be in ministry, some days will be a fight for joy. One explanation for this is we have an enemy who
Part One, Part Two But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so
Part One, Part Three The gospel is crazy! I hope I’m not offending anyone here. I simply mean that in the upside-down Kingdom Jesus calls us into, we often scratch our heads in disorientation. In
Part Two, Part Three Weakness. I strongly dislike it, and I’m guessing you do too. Before I moved to start our church, a wise pastor told me, “You may think you know your strengths and weaknesses,
As pastors, we love the Bride of Christ. Pastors sacrifice for the church because pastors love the church. That honors Jesus! But here’s my question: after a 50+ hour week of loving others, do you
At the moment I’m writing this, we only have 498 days left until the next Olympic Games. I love the Olympics (like borderline-obsession-love), and I’m pretty sure you should too. The precision of skill and
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