As a youth pastor, something deeply saddens me when I ask people to consider serving in youth group. It’s the response I usually get as to why someone can’t… “I […]
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Full Service
Do you remember full-service gas stations? You know, the kind that you bring your car to the gas pump and someone comes out to fill up your vehicle, check your […]
Read moreWho Are YOU Serving?
If you’re anything like me, you might have song lyrics swirling around in your brain most of the time. So when I began thinking about what the concept of serving […]
Read moreWhy Serve?
Out of all the spiritual disciplines that we will talk about in 2024, the one that I am most confident Christians know how to do is service. Service is what we […]
Read moreBe Still
How do we find silence and solitude in a world that only wants to distract us? The need to be “plugged in” has become not only habit, but a lifestyle […]
Read moreQuiet Intimacy
“The simplest spiritual discipline is some degree of solitude and silence. But it’s the hardest, because none of us want to be with someone we don’t love. Besides that, we […]
Read moreIntimacy > Efficiency
When I look back over my day every evening, I often judge whether my day was a success or a failure based off of how efficient I was that day. […]
Read moreSilence & Solitude
I am an extroverted relational verbal processor. When it came time for me to write a blog on silence and solitude, the first thing I have to admit is that […]
Read moreGod Gave
This month, we have talked a lot about the spiritual discipline of giving, so today, I want to reflect on the giving character of the God we worship. God gave […]
Read moreSharing Our Gifts
As we continue our conversation on giving and the importance of tithing, I think we would be remiss if we didn’t expound a little more on what it looks like […]
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