Picking out patterns in your spiritual life is a great way to figure out what needs work, what's already working, and how God is shaping your life. [Click title to read more.]
Category: Christian growth
Stop Pretending You’ve Mastered The Fundamentals
Most of us are very bad at putting the fundamentals of our faith into practice, for all that we know them by heart. [Click title to read more.]
Sometimes, Ministry Is Simply Doing What You Already Do…And Doing It Well
All too often, our definitions of "ministry" mostly involve either teaching or discipling people, or volunteering to do extra activities for those in need of help or services. We view ministry, in other words, as an elective activity of some sort that we pick up. But ministry can be so much more. [Click title to read more.]
Christian Problems: “What Do I Do When I Can’t Stand My Pastor?”
The monthly "Christian problems" series is dedicated to the many niggling questions of the Christian life. For the first: what do you do when you can't stand the pastor of your church? [Click title to read more.]
A Fixed Point
You should be able to always look up and see Christ on the horizon. And, like a sword, He cuts through to the heart of every matter, revealing what is relevant and what is not. [Click title to read more.]
Crash Landings and All The Right Answers
We know who we ought to be and we know what the right answers are. But in reality, we often fall far short of our own spiritual self-assessments. [Click title to read more.]
A Theme Word For The New Year
Sometimes we need a guide to get us moving toward our spiritual goals. [Click title to read more.]
Re-Establishing The Habit Of Spiritual Intimacy With God In Times Of Leisure
When the holidays arrive, our spiritual walk slows to a crawl. Here's how to avoid it. [Click title to read more.]
How To Be Authentically “No-Drama” Believers
Church drama is more often than not a hydra-headed monster. It might initially be caused by a particular incident or person, but over time it becomes a labyrinthine mess of believers behaving badly, all contributing to the problem without ever owning part of it. [Click title to read more.]
Don’t Dismiss That Dream
There are a few things that individual believers can do to enable "God dreams," either theirs or the dreams of others, and in this the season of giving I wanted to share them with you. [Click title to read more.]
Samaritan's Song 