The Blessing of Dismantled Assumptions

As we begin to emerge from this pandemic season where a significant dismantling of ministries has taken place, God will not reconstruct our broken concepts about His Kingdom or our preferred models of ministry that led us to this challenging place. He has something...

An Awake and Clearheaded Faith

This morning, I came across a verse that carried a serious challenge. Paul wrote “So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be clearheaded” (I Thessalonians 5:6).  This admonishment to stay spiritually awake and clearheaded applies to our...

The Danger of Premature Dismissal

Those who first sound an alarm can be seen as an interruption to those who are asleep. Many will dismiss the alarm because they can perceive its sound as premature, ill-informed, or pure fantasy. This misinterpretation of reality will continue until the cause of the...

It’s Always Deeper

Change of leadership at the top of an organization does not always guarantee the kind of change required to bring a group to its full potential. Every new leader will at some point make structural or personnel changes in hopes of implementing a new direction. None of...

A Diverse Weapon of Spiritual Warfare

The Church is more diverse than our favored theology or modes of fellowship could imagine. We are at our strongest and most impactful when we do not walk in lockstep with each other, but as one, afford each other the freedom to become a unique manifestation of God’s...