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article | April 13, 2020

As the global health crisis marches on, it might be appealing to remove your leader hat, stuff it in the back of your closet, and go undercover until the storm passes. It’s an enticing idea when you feel overwhelmed by the compounding …

article | October 19, 2023

Could your women’s ministry use an infusion of warmth this fall season? We’re not talking about the kind of coziness that comes with autumn candles and seasonal decor, but a ministry environment marked by genuine, gracious, and grateful women. Julie Clum, Julie …

article | August 3, 2022

We’re all best equipped to meet expectations when we know what those expectations are. The reverse is also true, of course. We tend to wilt, not bloom, when our efforts are planted in the soil of ambiguity. (I find this to be …

article | December 10, 2020

Do you have scars that tell stories?1 I have three notable scars. The oldest goes back to when I was four years old and was bitten by a German shepherd dog. After all these years, the evidence of that frightening experience is …

article | January 26, 2016

A friend once confided to me, “I’m ashamed to admit that I spend a lot more time on Facebook and in front of the television than I do in God’s Word.” Our relationship with Christ can’t truly flourish unless we learn to …

article | May 25, 2020

He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and made me cower in ashes; my soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is; so I say, “My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the Lord.” Remember my …

article | April 10, 2014

It's going to be a great week! It has to be. Because on this very week, thousands of years ago, Jesus shook the very foundations of the earth. All of history points forward or backward to what happened this week as Jesus …

article | September 26, 2018

.media-video { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; /* 16:9 */ height: 0; } .media-video iframe { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } I have boys—a house full of them. I’m married to a mountain man of a husband …

article | August 28, 2008

I don’t know that there has ever been a time in our nation’s history when prayer was any more desperately needed than it is at this hour. Our television screens have been flooded with images of destruction and death: from the grisly …

article | November 14, 2016

Have you ever heard the term “identity crisis”? Most of us are familiar with this phrase and use it almost jokingly, but the truth is that many times Christians are in the middle of an identity crisis without even realizing it. “Who …