Articles Tagged 'Community' (Page 2)

For over 30 years, Heartlight has shared articles to help people live for Jesus in everyday life. While we are no longer publishing new articles, this enduring collection features relevant pieces throughout the year to encourage faith, offer biblical perspective, and speak to real-world joys and struggles.

I Doubt It: Real Food

Phil Ware continues his series on doubt focusing on Jesus' statement that doing the Father's will was the basis of finding fullness in life.

Can we really find genuine nourishment and satisfaction in Jesus?

Give Me Jesus: After

Phil Ware finishes his series on "Give Me Jesus" focusing on our role as his people to be his presence to the world.

Christmas isn't over; it has only just begun if we recognize that it is our job, together, to be Jesus to the world!

A Forgotten, but Necessary, Grace of Jesus

Phil Ware shares a passion on his heart about the way we have privatized and personalize conversion and salvation that eliminates the necessary grace of Jesus' community, family, and spiritual community.

Should we be surprised that so many call themselves Christians but never live for Jesus?

Finding Jesus: Experiencing Jesus as Immanuel

Phil Ware brings to close his series on experiencing the presence of Jesus in our lives.

Are we wiling to open up the door and invite him in?

Christian Graces

Dying and death come at inconvenient times, interrupting life. Yet, I have become convinced it is at precisely those times that one can see firsthand Christian Graces. Walking with the real people as death interrupts their living, by listening, preparing

More Kingdom work is done in hospitals than in church buildings

Experience Immanuel

Phil Ware finishes up his 5 part series on experiencing Immanuel and summarizes the content of the four previous articles.

Why do we settle for so much less of Jesus than He promised us?

I Need More Than Me!

Phil Ware continues his series on experiencing God through Jesus, Immanuel, this time focusing upon our need for spiritual community, family, fellowship.

We were not made to do this discipleship thing alone.

The ARC of Grace

Phil Ware reminds us the way Jesus uses grace as an action, a living out of God's grace, in real life that has urges that Go back to the original woman and man.

What does grace really look like in real life?

Community and Mission

Phil Ware continues the http://interimministrypartners.com team series on a church finding its mission and living it out so it can grow and be vital and make a difference.

Looking around can help us find our way forward!

Forgiveness

Phillip Morrison talks about the greatest Christmas gift of all, the gift of forgiveness.

Why would they let the person responsible for their son's death off the hook?

People in the Process of Mission

Greg Anderson continues the series from Interim Ministry Partners about helping a church discover its mission by focusing on the people in the process.

How do we hear from God about our mission?

Staring into the Face of Jesus

Phil Ware continues his five part series on yearning for the presence of God and shares with us ways to experience Immanuel, Jesus as God with us.

When was the last time you stared in the face of the Lord?

Real People, Real Family

Phil Ware continues his series from Matthew on God's presence in Jesus and this week talks about church as family, not community.

So how do we get real about the church?

Customer Service in a 'Yes!' Church?

Greg Anderson shares the third in a series of articles from Interim Ministry Partners on greeting guests and welcoming others into our midst.

How are we doing with our connection with those who are not one of us and are interested in us?

Looking for Jesus at Christmas

Rick Brown talks about Jesus not just missing from the nativity, but also from Christmas and from our lives and yet we can use this time to restore him to his rightful place in our lives.

Whatever happened to the reason for the season?

Learn to Be a Good Neighbor and Change Your Community!

Rick Brown writes about a group of ministers and pastors in Denver who got together to try to bless their community by calling their people to be good neighbors.

What does it mean to be a good neighbor?

I Felt so sorry for Them

I feel sorry for the people in hospital waiting rooms who sit alone.

I felt sorry for the people I saw at the hospital... but not the ones you think

An age old Answer to an ages old Question

From Cain to Jesus to Paul to us, we are responsible for each other. We are our brother's keeper. But, and this makes all the difference, we are to hold each other accountable to the teachings of Jesus as members of a family, wanting the best for each oth

Yes, you are your brother's keeper

Why Go?

Phil Ware finishes his series of reports on the trip to Sagrada Familia, The Community in Lima, Peru.

Why spend the money, make the time, and take the risk?

Is Your Hospital Room Full?

In the most painful time of life, Christians are never alone. They have a community, a family to surround them and care for them.

Who is going to be with you the next time you, or someone you love, goes into the hospital?

Alone

We were made to be in relationship with one another. We were made to be in relationship with God. In fact, God's plan is that we be adopted into His family.

All hotel rooms look alike

No Problema

Phil Ware continues his series on his trip to Sagrada Familia.

With such an emotional tomorrow, can we stay focused on today?

Reunion!

Phil Ware continues to tell about his 2011 trip to The Community, Sagrada Familia in Lima, Peru.

Who can you not wait to see?

Go

Phil Ware talks about the call of Abraham and the trip to The Community he and the team going there is about to embark upon.

Where's his voice calling you?

Who Needs Church?

You need to be part of a church ... and some church needs you.

Are you sure you don't need church? Really?