by Alan Fadling | Sep 12, 2023 | Listening, Prayer, Spiritual Formation
Note: This was originally posted on July 12, 2023 on https://www.unhurriedliving.com/. Over the years, I have led hundreds of retreats that have at their center a few hours to be alone and quiet in listening prayer. At one such retreat, one participant shared a...
by Mekdes Haddis | Sep 5, 2023 | Diversity in the Church, Justice
Every summer my church hosts a week-long summer camp where children experience the beauty and majesty of the Lord. The first year we sent our daughter to it, she loved it and learned so much about the Lord, but she pointed out in passing that she was the only brown...
by Kara Martin | Aug 29, 2023 | Work
Note: This was originally posted on February 15, 2017 on https://stirringouraffections.com/. Does our working shape us? Depending on what you do, you might answer that readily in the affirmative, strongly in the negative, or you might just need to ponder it a bit. I...
by Richard Herman | Aug 22, 2023 | Weddings
A wedding or a funeral? Most seasoned pastors will say, “Hands down, I’d rather do a funeral.” When you ask “Why?” you will most likely hear things like: Everybody wants a “Princess Di Wedding.” Not only couples (usually the bride) but families, too, can be more...
by Bill Rowley | Aug 16, 2023 | Prayer
As August wraps up and Labor Day is right around the corner, your congregation is gearing up to go back to school for the 2023-2024 academic year! With it comes excitement and plenty of anxiety about what entering school or moving up a grade means for students and...
by Colleen Strachan | Aug 15, 2023 | Movie Reviews
Spoiler Alert:This review contains some minor spoilers about the plot of Barbie. When I was a girl, at a certain age I had only one wish each time I opened a gift, and that wish was, “Please be a Barbie doll.” I was obsessed then, and although I never collected as...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Aug 15, 2023 | Movie Reviews
Spoiler Alert: This review contains some minor spoilers about the plot of Oppenheimer. Content Alert: Oppenheimer contains adult themes, nudity, and graphic language. If I were to tell you that Hollywood would be releasing a 3-hour film during the summer blockbuster...
by Bill Rowley | Aug 8, 2023 | Preaching, Truth
Sexual sin. Financial shenanigans. Outright heresy. Bullying and creating a toxic work environment. These are obvious ways a pastor can betray their flock and bring public shame to the name of Jesus. But there is a subtler way in which pastors can let down their...
by Daniel Korneychuk | Aug 1, 2023 | Liturgy, Worship
Training a liturgist/worship leader is a vital task within any faith community. As my friend and former Senior Pastor, Dr. Mark Roberts puts it, the worship leader or liturgist “is actually putting prayerful words in people’s mouths. The liturgist is teaching people...
by Kara Martin | Jul 25, 2023 | Work
Note: This was originally posted on 2/6/20 at Workship.com.au. A couple of weeks ago on Facebook, Nathan Campbell from Living Church in Brisbane explained that he was going to be preaching on the topic of work the coming Sunday. He posed the following question: This...
