Mark Frost continues the series on discovering your mission before finding your minister with the Interim Ministry Partners team and he focuses on prayer.
11/24/2013 by Mark Frost
Tim Woodroof begins a series of articles by Interim Ministry Partners on discovering a congregation's mission by talking about how churches want to find someone to fill the pulpit in a hurry when they first need to discover who they are and what their mis
11/17/2013 by Tim Woodroof
Greg Anderson completes the series on seasons in the life of a church and its vision, mission, and focus.
11/10/2013 by Greg Anderson
Phil Ware continues the Interim Ministry Partners series on helping declining and aging churches find new life.
11/03/2013 by Phil Ware
Tim Woodroof talks about the values of churches and distinguishes between the values that are and the values that churches feel like they should have.
09/22/2013 by Tim Woodroof
Robyn F. Johnson shares the story of the widow and Elisha in 2 Kings 4, and she reminds us that God cares for us and provides for us, we just need to look for our little vial of olive oil and offer it to him.
08/23/2013 by Robyn F. Johnson
Rubel Shelly reminds us that trust in God to act is not passive, but an active life that does what is required, trusting that our difficulties and challenges are problems for God to solve.
08/22/2013 by Rubel Shelly
Brian McCutchen reminds us that life is full of surprises and many of them unwanted, but in the middle of the surprises is Yahweh-Jirah, the God who provides for us.
06/22/2013 by Brian McCutchen
Larry Davies had a dream about being on Shark Tank and being offered 1 million dollars to invest in a church.
03/19/2013 by Larry Davies
Phil Ware continues his series from The Story as he shares with us the challenges of taking the new land and the price paid for the lack of faithfulness and leadership and vision on the part of the generation that would not enter the land because of fear.
10/14/2012 by Phil Ware
Christians have three clear reasons to get up and go to work. Provide for our families, show God's glory, and help others.
05/30/2012 by Steve Ridgell
Phil Ware reminds us of our purpose of being on the journey and living for Jesus call and mission and vision in our lives.
05/20/2012 by Phil Ware
Creations shows us God, if we're only willing to look.
05/02/2012 by Tim Archer
Rubel Shelly writes about the serious subject of unity and division and the way we view and deal with those who are not one of us.
09/19/2011 by Rubel Shelly
Russ Lawson challenges us to think about the dreams we dream and then go to work to make them happen.
01/18/2011 by Russ Lawson
Rubel Shelly uses General Motors before reorganization and the New York Times article to help remind us that we can be full of so many processes, procedures, rules, and traditions that we lose the main objective -- if everything is important, then nothing
12/14/2009 by Rubel Shelly
Patrick Odum reminds us of the heart of Jesus for those who are sick and broken.
09/08/2009 by Patrick D. Odum
Phil Ware challenges us to look beyond the cosmetic image we see in the mirror and view ourselves as God does.
03/26/2009 by Phil Ware
Tom Norvell talks openly with the Lord about how hard it is to look forward and not backward and push on to the Lord's horizon.
07/27/2008 by Tom Norvell
Tom Norvell shares insight into taking time to really get a vision of what is out there.
12/09/2007 by Tom Norvell
Michelle Howe warns women about worry and wishing that can rob them of the present moment and distort their vision of their future.
11/08/2007 by Michele Howe
Paul Faulkner reminds us that we need to decide to respond to Jesus now and honor him with our lives.
10/26/2007 by Paul Faulkner
Rubel Shelly reminds us that if we have big dreams or want to be used by God significantly, we will have plenty of critics, but don't let them stop you and he gives several different pieces of good advice.
07/31/2007 by Rubel Shelly
Some of us need sunlight all the time, but all of us need God's true light or we lose our way. So let's not settle for our own idols, for what is false and shadow.
01/29/2007 by Phil Ware
God longs to help supply us with our need, just as he did with the apostles trying to feed the 5000.
10/01/2006 by Alan Smith