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.]
Category: ministry
For A Change, May I Suggest Also Giving To The “Flagrantly Undeserving” This Year?
In our desire to help "the least of these," we do ourselves a disservice if we only define "the least of these" as those we find most personally endearing or worthy. [Click title to read more.]
How We Define Kindness
Christian kindness isn't just "being nice." Anybody can be nice. [Click title to read more.]
On “Thoughts And Prayers”
The truth is that the phrase "thoughts and prayers," or the offhanded promise "I'm praying for you," can be empty. It can be performative. It can be meaningless. And before believers utter it - whether in text, on Twitter, in person, or anywhere else - we'd do well to ask ourselves a few questions and to think about what it is we're really saying. [Click title to read more.]
The Difference Between Passive and Pushy
It's possible to find a happy medium between being an obnoxiously pushy Christian and an ineffective, passive one who never reaches out. [Click title to read more.]
Simple, Unforced Outreach
Most people crave an "entry point" when they arrive at a church they've never attended - and we can be that for them. [Click title to read more.]
Go Out, Not In
Christianity is an itinerant faith, but we're in danger of forgetting that [Click title to read more.]
When There’s No Response
Reach out. Don't forget, and don't let go. [Click title to read more.]
What We Miss When We Romanticize The Early Church
I often think our modern church is guilty of romanticizing the New Testament Church. And yet it strikes me that we only ever seem to romanticize those warm, cozy moments when believers are hanging out together in small rooms. [Click title to read more.]
Ministering To People With Mental Illness
Even in churches where believers and staff consider mental illness to be a valid issue worthy of attention, I think there's still a lot of confusion and awkwardness surrounding how we minister to that and to those people in the middle of it. Here are a few tips. [Click title to read more.]
Samaritan's Song 