Articles for Outreach & Missions

5 Incredible Steps to Closing the Back Door in Your Congregation

"If you want to close the back door in your church, read these five incredible steps."

An Open Letter to the Older Women in the Church

Some say Christian maturity marks the older woman. Others say we’re all older than someone else, so, in a sense, we can all be considered older women. Some say there is an age requirement, though none dare suggest a number!

Like a Child: Drawing Near to Christ in Days of Distance

When we long for Him, Jesus welcomes us! When we receive Christ with faith like a child, we receive access to all that God has promised in His Word.

6 Ways for Lonely Leaders to Develop Friendships

For the sake of your health and effectiveness, you need friendships. Here's why.

6 Lessons Losing My Job Taught Me

There is an acute pain for those who lost their job through no fault of their own. Because this is my story, it has given me a fresh perspective on what millions of others are going through right now since they've lost their job.

When It All Still Hurts a Month After Easter

The following reflection is written with all of these past and present realities in mind. Horatio Spafford, after losing four daughters in a tragic Atlantic Ocean shipwreck, he lamented his “sorrows like sea billows” through the writing of a now-famous hymn, “It Is Well With My Soul.”

Life in a Fallen World: a Theology of Uncomfortable Grace

Life in this terribly broken world is hard. You are constantly dealing with the frustration of this world not operating the way God intended. Now, there are really only two responses we can have to the brokenness that complicates all of our lives: cursing or mourning.

Face Masks: The New Sackcloth?

Face masks are a point of controversy these days of coronavirus. Like sackcloth, they’re uncomfortable, inconvenient, and goofy-looking. It makes sense to me that, rightly used, they can’t do much harm, and they probably can do a lot of good.