Why Attend Conferences?

Aug 18, 2023 | Church, News

We are approaching the Fall Season and, with it, conferences.  It is such a busy season with school starting and Fall activities, and thinking about fitting a conference in can be a challenge.  We have to weigh the potential benefit versus the sacrifice of...

“God Really Showed Up Today”…. A Problem With Our Perspective On Mission

Apr 4, 2023 | News

“Let’s invite God to come today….Come on worship team, lead us to God’s presence…We want Him to really show up.” All of us who are Spirit-filled hear and say such phrases regularly.  If we consider such sayings theologically, there may be a problem in light of God’s...

Destroying the “Missionary Mystique” by Embracing our Missional Calling

Mar 21, 2023 | News

Nothing has resulted in the ineffectiveness of God’s Family being salt and light in the earth, as the misunderstanding of Biblical missions.  I remember a story from an evangelist who went to speak at a Bible college assembly a few weeks after they had returned from a...

Is it a Real Awakening…One Essential Component

Feb 18, 2023 | Feature Post, News

Revelation 3:1-3  “To the angel of the church in Sardis write…’I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.  (2)  ‘Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found...

Don’t “Go To Church” as Consumers…”Be The Church” as a Family of Disciples

Jan 25, 2023 | Church, News

I was at a community business meeting when a friend introduced me to someone he knew.”This is my friend, Doug. We go to church together…That’s great, which church is it?”That was an awkward moment because we had used a cultural idea that...

Embracing God’s Wisdom for the New Year to Avoid Regrets Later

Jan 4, 2023 | News

As we approach the ending of one year and the beginning of the next, most people have moments of reflection about the past and thoughts about the future.  People think about their lives. Is my life meaningful? Am I doing what is right? Am I happy, and what needs to...