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Integrity In Christian Leadership by Edgar Bazan

Edgar Bazan September 28, 2017

Leadership is a critical key to the success of an organization. John Maxwell explains, “Everything rises and falls on leadership…leadership determines the success of the organization.” If leadership is a key for an organization to thrive, Christian leadership is essential for the works of Christ being accomplished in the church and world. Thus, the essence of Christian leadership is its focus on what God is doing in

The Restorer of Souls by Michelle Bauer

Michelle Bauer September 27, 2017

Leave this quiet time in peace, knowing that it is not your job to restore your own soul, and that you never leave the Shepherd’s presence.

Tragedy, Community, and Action by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman September 27, 2017

The Wesleyan Methodist tradition is one that puts actions with intentions.

Principles Of Protestant Reformation by Davis Chappell

davis.chappell September 25, 2017

For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, “The one who is righteous will live by faith.” Romans 1:16-17 provides the thesis of

What Happens When We Choose to Be Learners by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman September 25, 2017

When we are teachable, we come with simple, trusting hearts, ready to gain insight from another.

Clergy Health: My Testimony of Transformation by Mindy Mayes

Mindy Mayes September 21, 2017

As clergy, we preach, we teach, we pray, we visit the sick, and we know the word, but how does this apply to ourselves?

The Nature of Our Good Shepherd by Michelle Bauer

Michelle Bauer September 20, 2017

Thank God for the blessings of your day. Ask God for guidance as you live the rest of your day. And leave this quiet time in peace knowing you never leave the Shepherd’s presence.

Friends And Servants by Carolyn Moore

Carolyn Moore September 18, 2017

In the book of John, beginning at chapter 13, there is an interesting shift in how Jesus deals with the people he calls “friend.” First, he does this radical thing where he gets down on his knees and washes their feet. He wants to serve them and model for them what humility in the context of friendship looks like. With

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Noise Without Word by Justus Hunter

Justus Hunter September 16, 2017

But the Word comes nevertheless, not in an earthquake or fire or rushing wind, but in this man, Jesus the Christ. And he offers himself to us; eat from me, drink from me.

Three Essential Approaches To Suffering by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner September 14, 2017

There’s an overwhelming amount of beauty and awe in the world – from midday eclipses to bounding monkeys in jungles to the perfect curl of newborn baby toes. At some point, though, we all encounter suffering. Sometimes it appears as physical pain; sometimes it’s in the form of prolonged waiting; sometimes it’s mental or emotional distress. Sometimes suffering occurs through our

Learning to Love by Michelle Bauer

Michelle Bauer February 19, 2018

What damage can be done if people exercise their spiritual gifts without love?

Lent: There Is a River and There Is a City by Justus Hunter

Justus Hunter February 15, 2018

Lent is a season of clarity. We already sit among the ashes. We already sit in cities made in our own image.

From Dust And Ashes To The Image Of God by Carolyn Moore

Carolyn Moore February 14, 2018

Simcha Bunim was a Jewish rabbi who lived in Poland in the 1700s. He is best known for what might be called the parable of the two pockets. The parable begins with two slips of paper. On one slip is written, “I am dust and ashes.” On the other slip is written, “For my sake the world was created.” These

To Observe A Holy Lent by Andy Stoddard

Andy Stoddard February 12, 2018

As we prepare to enter into the season of Lent, there is always a call to fasting. That is one of the definitive features of this time of Lent. It is a time to pull back from all the abundance of our life, particularly for those of us in the West, and to refocus ourselves upon God, on our great

What to Do With #metoo by Jennifer Moxley

Jennifer Moxley February 8, 2018

As the Church, it would be foolish to believe we have not participated or contributed in some way. We can confess the ways we have corporately and personally upheld this power dynamic, repent and seek to turn it upside down.

Women Are the True Heroes of Star Wars by Rebecca Bratten Weiss

Wesleyan Accent February 5, 2018

Men who object to women taking central roles in the church might want to remember what place the women took in the gospels: at the foot of the cross, present with Christ, at the moment when God himself was pierced and blood and water flowed.

Living Alive by Carrie Carter

Carrie Carter February 5, 2018

I’ve seen a lot of death. Not just because my husband has a full-time pastoral calling, but also because my parents never shielded me from the reality of death. Many parents today hesitate to take their children to funerals because, “they wouldn’t understand,” and that is true, but only to an extent. As a parent, it is my duty (privilege?)

When Curiosity Is Christ-Like by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner February 1, 2018

Curiosity is underrated. In the past one hundred years, many North Americans have undergone a shift in how they’re described and in how they see themselves. We have gone from citizens to consumers. A few years back the hit drama “Mad Men” followed the lives of people in a booming advertising industry in post-World War II America. Citizens may benefit

Why Congregations Must Embrace Awkwardness by Elizabeth Glass Turner

elizabeth.turner January 31, 2018

Recently I read an article by seminary professor Kate Bowler that had me staring wide-eyed at the computer screen, alternately barking bursts of laughter, fist-pumping the air, and feeling tears sting the corners of my eyes. She walked up to the elephant in the room, reached out, touched it, gave it a treat, made friends with it, and sat down

Our Way of Being in the World by Kim Reisman

Kim Reisman January 31, 2018

We live in a culture marked by a dramatic lack of trust, and the Church is not exempt as a target for those feelings of suspicion. As the Body of Christ, we have some restorative work to do as we witness for the kingdom.

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