Articles for Outreach & Missions

More and more leaders quietly express a sense of life being out of control. I think at some level, we all understand what that means; it’s what we do with that thought or feeling that matters.

Joseph and Mary certainly don’t often come up in conversations about Christian marriage. Perhaps they should. If we pay attention, Jesus' parents can point us toward what makes a good marriage.

Don't fall in love with the way things "should be."

Whether it’s long-term, senior leaders having decades of moral misconduct revealed in the end, or younger leaders leading a lifestyle as sexually trendy as their hair and clothes, there is a growing crisis in character surfacing within Christian leadership.

We learn in those painful moments that is just isn’t safe to bring our brokenness into the light. We didn’t feel “blessed” at all by that  failed attempt to mourn! So, we go back into hiding and suppressing, avoiding and denying.

Life after divorce is full of hurdles, spiritual, physical, and emotional. The major holidays just seem to magnify those hurdles. The good news is, you’re not alone. The Creator is inviting you to a life filled with faith, hope, love, peace, and joy, at Christmas and always.

"Calling God’s sexual ethic hate speech does Satan’s bidding. This is Orwellian nonsense or worse."

"The dividing lines between rich and poor, safe and dangerous, ‘hood and hip, are no longer so clear.