Outreach Leaders

In today’s economy there are millions of interchangeable workers, but what we need are people who stand out. People who get noticed. People who do remarkable things.

I love seeing people changed by the love God. But regardless of how much God decides to use me, I alone cannot change people. This is God’s job, not mine.

I can’t imagine a better scenario or a sweeter season for my first pastorate. I learned that in shepherding, the sheep shape the shepherd.

Whether or not we touch physically sharing the Peace with each other is to, through prayer, cultivate a greater awareness of our deep unity with and connection to each other as the Body of Christ.

LGBT issues are the issues of the day. The Church cannot afford to remain silent on those issues.

Certainly there are posts that should be responded to, and some critics can be taken offline. On the other hand, there are also some who dedicate an enormous amount of time to trying to destroy your reputation online.

There is a lot of faultfinding in the world these days. The problem with the world, it seems, is other people. Many have given up loving one another for the sake of “othering” one another instead.

While cleaning out my mother’s house, I recently came across my grandmother’s Bible. I was surprised and encouraged to see that someone had taught her how to use the New Testament to share your faith.