Coronavirus and Life
At the front of political and cultural discourse is a conversation about life, particularly, how to save and protect life in light of coronavirus. In our age of mounting divisive rhetoric, the ability to hold
At the front of political and cultural discourse is a conversation about life, particularly, how to save and protect life in light of coronavirus. In our age of mounting divisive rhetoric, the ability to hold
The following article is Part Three in a series written by Rusty McKie and Ryan Williams. In this series, we’ve been looking at two different paths to pastoral ministry: seminary and local church training. In
The following article is written by Rusty McKie and Ryan Williams Some of the top chefs in the world took very different paths to get where they are. Many went to culinary school, trained
“Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take
Perhaps you’ve seen videos like this: a guy at the gym tries to leap onto a fast-moving treadmill and face plants? The metaphorical equivalent of this blooper was my greatest fear coming back from my
My GPS is set to take me to my destination the fastest way humanly possible. I will zoom any which way to get where I’m going, focused on only two things: the speedometer and the
We developed an elaborate system of categories and tagged all the songs we had ever sung into a highly technical filter. Our service planning meetings were structured by evaluating the tone of the upcoming sermon
Ministry is a funny animal because before you are a shepherd you are sheep. You are not separate from the community of God’s people that you lead and your family is usually deeply intertwined with
Schedule is my friend. Schedule helps me know when to work and when to be home. Schedule drives me to rest when I should. Schedule tells me when to get up in the morning. Schedule
Mouths wide open, eyeballs as big as tennis balls, and a general feeling of blanket offense was the response of my congregation when I told them Americans are terrible at friendship. But as the first
AIC exists to help both current and aspiring pastors, ministers, and leaders to live, love, learn and last in ministry.