by Garris Elkins | Sep 23, 2014 | Church, Leadership
(“Thoughts I Want To Leave Behind” is a collection of thoughts and impressions I want to leave behind as I begin to make my final pastoral transition.) #3 Choose To Believe The Best Choose to believe the best even when it seems a worst-case scenario is developing....
by Garris Elkins | Sep 22, 2014 | Church, Gifts, Kingdom, Leadership, Transition
(“Thoughts I Want To Leave Behind” is a collection of thoughts and impressions I want to leave behind as I begin to make my final pastoral transition.) #2 Follow The Presence There will be times in the coming years when you will run out of road. You will come to...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 21, 2014 | Church, Leadership, Transition, Trust
In one month, I will hand our church over to a new generation of leaders. These are trusted men and women who know God and His heart. They will serve God and His people with honor and integrity. As I travel and minister in a widening circle of...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 20, 2014 | Faith, Holy Spirit, Ministry, Peace, Prophecy
As I write this, I am in a hotel room north of New Orleans grabbing a few hours of down time between ministry sessions. My host church has put me up in a nice hotel where I can relax, think and write. The first thing I do when I travel and enter an...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 18, 2014 | Discipline, Honor, Joy, Mercy, Trust
This week a small town in Northern California was devastated by fire. Many homes in the city were lost and hundreds of people displaced. Video footage of the fire’s aftermath looked like a warzone. In the days following the fire, I would discover what gave the small...
