I am a Wesleyan today because I was first a Calvinist. Huh? Yeah, my first extended church experience after coming to faith as a teenager was at a lovely church in Dallas called Believer’s Chapel. Though I was very new to the faith and didn’t initially have the language for such things, I gradually learned the leadership Read the full article…
Yesterday, near the beginning of our worship gatherings, we announced the amount of the previous week’s financial offering. See, we spent the month January teaching about the scourge of domestic sex trafficking of under-age girls, the complicity of many church men in creating that sickening demand in the first place, and then described our partnership with Read the full article…
We are plugged in, aren’t we? We’ve got mobile phones, portable tablets, and all-purpose laptops. If anything happens anywhere in the world – or even just right around the corner – we’re going to know about it. But what if in all that communication with the world surrounding us, we’re missing out on contact Read the full article…
I guess I feel like the timing was providential. Wait, that makes me sound . . . Calvinist. So the timing was . . . prevenient. Timing of what? The report I received this week from some of our partners in ministry in eastern India regarding a baptism. A believer baptism. Conducted in the shadow of Read the full article…
Rob Wegner of Granger Church in Indiana coins a beautiful phrase in his book Share The Well: The Immensity Of Smallness I love that. It reminds us that vision casting without an action plan is mere daydreaming. It assures us that every significant journey begins with a few steps. And most importantly, it awakens us Read the full article…
