May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be blessed!
He is the compassionate Father and God of all comfort.
Can You See Me Now? Women, Service, and the Small Church
There are spiritually gifted women in every church who need the opportunity to exercise their gifts as they submit fully to God for the sake of the kingdom.
Waking up to Fear
When fear and anxiety come, which is often, I breathe God in. I notice God’s presence in my breath, and as I breathe, I remind myself to be grateful for a God of peace.
One Thing the Church Needs to Know about Millennials (and Every Other Generation)
Perhaps we are warding off an unspoken fear that our traditions and cultures in the church might be outmoded, passé, and irrelevant.
Life Leaves a Mark
Loving God, we gratefully receive your gift of life. Mysterious Spirit, we welcome the new life you are growing in us.
Being before Doing
Who I am as a disciple constructs and nurtures my being, while the various forms of leadership that may come to me are things, tasks or roles that I do.
Listen, Read, Act on Contemporary Issues Like Immigration
I started listening to immigrants, my views changed to a more collective understanding of what’s happening to us—humans all made in the image of God.
The Women’s Issue
Churches have followed the few commands that silence women, but ignored the material that shows God intends for women to have complete involvement in every aspect of church life.
Who Will Show the Children?
What will spread the love of Jesus more effectively than a sermon, is a hug, validation, a knowing that someone has the time for you.
Is There Power in the Pulpit?
It was preaching that drew Christians out to fields for the revivals of the Great Awakenings, and it is preachers today who continue to impact the minds of congregants.
Hospitality Ministry: As Old as Pentecost
There are many reasons for church attendance most are there because the language the world is speaking is not making sense to them.
Litany of Hope
May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
be blessed!
He is the compassionate Father and God
of all comfort.
Relentlessly Haunted
The truth of the matter is that God is always with me. If I allow that truth to shape and form me then my life will never be the same.
My Three-in-One New Year's Resolution
One thing: Jesus. Three things to do: forget the past, focus on heaven, and press on till you get there.
Moralizing Food Is Hurting The Church
God created us and said "this is good." Yet, we all feel so bad. If you are fat or have fat you have failed.
Top 5 CHARIS Posts in 2017
I'm pleased to look back on 2017 and share with you these most-read posts last year.
Living Creatively in a Destructive World
The world seems to be tearing itself apart these days, and even the smallest act of creativity is needed. Good luck out there.
Shifting Focus (Part 2)
In our desire to avoid pain, we essentially create pain for others. It’s a dreadfully powerful cycle and we are scarily and impressively loyal to it.
How to Keep Your Rural Minister through the Harvest
The absence of adequate and regular field support makes for casualties and AWOLS on the spiritual battlefield of rural missions.
The Haze of Love
Our biggest strength is that we trudge about in a world filled with darkness and death and decay and desperately try to love.