Month: December 2019
Cole Bodkin ~ Trading Your Resolutions for Jesus’ Questions
December 31, 2019
“What if you do something different this New Year? Instead of setting goals for yourself with your own questions, what if you sit with Jesus’ questions, look at yourself long and hard in the mirror, and allow his questions to shape and guide you into this next year? What if you trade your resolutions for Jesus’ questions?”
Priscilla Hammond ~ What Change Models Look like in Your Congregation
December 18, 2019
If you have been a leader for very long, you have heard the question, “Why do we need to change?”…
Andy Stoddard ~ The Prevenient Grace of Mr. Rogers
December 12, 2019
Fred Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian pastor, but I believe that actually he was a Methodist deep down inside. Why do I say that? I don’t know anyone who more fully lived out the concept of “prevenient grace.”
The Work and the Rest that is Worship
December 9, 2019
By Rev. Dr. Robert Haynes In the midst of the Advent season, many church leaders are busy preparing for some…
Aaron Perry ~ What a Baby Uncovers: The Judgment of Advent
December 7, 2019
“Advent is not simply an invitation to set our houses in order for his birth. Advent is an urgent opportunity to set our houses in order for Jesus’ return. By taking the opportunity to rightly order our lives, we may anticipate the glorious return of Jesus joyfully.”
Michelle Bauer ~ Leaving their Sheep to Find Jesus: When Shepherds and Angels Meet
December 5, 2019
“The angels filled the sky saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men.” How does “Emmanuel,” God with us, bring peace into our lives? In what area of your life would you like for God’s peace to come?”
WME Upcoming Events – Dec 2019
December 4, 2019
WME is involved in a variety of ministries and covets your prayers for these upcoming events: December 8, 2019 ~…
Justus Hunter ~ Noise Without Word: Worship in a World of Static
December 2, 2019
“Ours is an age of noise. We exchange our history for comforting lies of other gods. We exchange our worship for spectacles. We exchange true justice for parodies, imitations, mimicry. We fill our lives with noise. We silence the Word of the Lord.
But the Word comes nevertheless, not in an earthquake or fire or rushing wind, but in this man, Jesus the Christ.”