Month: February 2020
Being a Waffle House Church in the Storm by Omar Al-Rikabi
February 20, 2020
The folks at Waffle House have a whole system for keeping restaurants open in a storm. They know how to do natural disasters. We need to be a “Waffle House church,” first offering people the body and blood of Jesus Christ, then offering a full menu of the faith even in the midst the storm.
Living With Gracious Conviction by Elizabeth Glass Turner
February 14, 2020
How do you express your convictions with deep respect, appreciation, and even grief? This is a question many are wrestling…
Blessed In Any Season: God’s Sustaining Word by Edgar Bazan
February 11, 2020
Life can be a battle, can’t it? No one is exempt from seasons of battle. No matter how much or…
Here Is The Church by Rob Haynes
February 10, 2020
When I was a child, my grandmother taught me an old saying, a little rhyme that she would act out…
When Change Is Uninvited: Leading through Uncertainty by Priscilla Hammond
February 6, 2020
Chaotic change is an uninvited guest. Like an unplanned extra person at an already too-small table, everything seems forced. Decisions have to be made before their time. People have to make room, take on new roles, or change habits even while leading.
Honoring History and a Continued Vision
February 4, 2020
It’s 1971 and the World Methodist Council has decided to proclaim its belief that “preaching the gospel and making disciples…