The closer we come to Christ, the more honestly we see ourselves. But we also discover that God’s grace always exceeds what has been revealed.
A Family Crossroads: When Faith and Sports Collide
We want our kids to have opportunities to grow in extracurricular activities and to enjoy them, while also developing and maintaining a healthy faith.
Siburt Institute Values – and You!
The Siburt Institute’s values emerge from our commitment to faithfully embody the partnership in Jesus’s ministry to the Father by the Holy Spirit for the sake of the church’s witness to the world.
Fostering Collaborative Partnerships between Large and Small Churches
Churches need one another. Our shared goal should be to help each other become as effective as possible for the Kingdom.
Saul of Tarsus and His Preaching of the Risen Christ, Acts 9:1–19
To preach the resurrection of Jesus is to reaffirm our own resurrection and our own hope of life eternal.
A World Divided, a Church United
The Church is called to be the people united through the Spirit to bring about unity, peace, and reconciliation in a divided world.
Striking Rocks: Losing Sight of God (Repost)
We need to steer away from the temptation to make what we do about ourselves and to try to make God look better. We simply need to be faithful to our call to serve God.
Companions on the Journey: 7 Important Women from Church History
We need help and support, and that support can come from our brothers and sisters who are no longer living, by means of their writings and their example.
The Unsung Heroes, Acts 11:19-20
These unsung heroes followed in the steps of Christ and in so doing, kept the flame of the Gospel burning. May God send us more leaders like them.
Praying for the Lost
If you pray for the lost, God will answer. He will send you people, and you will share Jesus. God will give the increase, more than you can ask or imagine.
The Unhurried Work of Love
This book surfaces pastoral practices and echoes of the Fruit of the Spirit that can shape both our personal relationships and our ministerial lives.
Lazy Conclusions about Decline Aren’t Helpful
Lazy conclusions about the causes of church decline aren’t helpful. A more thoughtful approach would be to go back to the basic idea of building a healthy church and then constantly renewing it.
Pomp and Circumstance on the Way to the Cross
Remember Christ’s robe this graduation season. Help the grad in your life to remember them, too.
Wait, What?? Modern Lessons from a Biblical Communication Breakdown
Both groups are being faithful to the Lord; they just can’t get along with each other. We must learn how to handle the conflicts that happen with each other so we can fight the real enemy together.
Living and Loving Out of Good News
If we truly believe that the Gospel of Jesus is good news, then it only makes sense that we would orient our lives in such a way as to see the world and others through this lens.
Discipleship in an Anxious World (Mark 4:35-41)
Peace is not pretending everything is fine. Peace is knowing who is in the boat and learning how to sit down while the waves are still loud.
Why We Need Trauma-Responsive Care in Chaplaincy
As chaplains, we cannot be merely informed about trauma; we must be trauma-responsive.
When There Are No Words
Instead of minimizing or dismissing the emotions one carries in a moment of trauma, lament offers a space to directly name the hurt of the painful moment.
Trauma Leaves Its Scars
To say that trauma and traumatic experiences are hard is an understatement, because they are indescribable. Even the journey of recovery is complicated.
Becoming an Intergenerational Learner
Developing an intergenerational spirit of learning is a skill we develop throughout our lives. This means beginning to see the gifts that every age group—older and younger—has to offer to my life and the life of my church.