Jon and Mindy were married in California in the 1970s. They began serving God together, side by side, reaching out to students, hippies, and freaks. Jon took up a post as a college pastor, but was kicked out for “associating …
2 Questions, 2 clicks Each week we will conduct two polls. Enjoy these questions (and the results!) as we get to know our fellow disciplemakers. Question 1 [socialpoll id=”2420624″] Question 2 [socialpoll id=”2420621″] Check in each week for new questions! See …
Dying to the things of this world that contaminate our hearts begins with realizing that we don’t have it in our own power to love the way God desires us to love. We must live daily in the reality of …
In the middle of a segregated city, our church seemed a model multicultural gathering. Our small group meetings were diverse. Our pastoral staff was diverse. The music performed on Sunday morning had no particular allegiance to a specific genre. It …
2 Questions, 2 clicks Each week we will conduct two polls. Enjoy these questions (and the results!) as we get to know our fellow disciplemakers. Question 1 [socialpoll id=”2417775″] Question 2 [socialpoll id=”2415769″] Check in each week for new questions! See …
Someone once challenged me: “I bet I can tell you the whole Old Testament and New Testament in six sentences—three for each.” “You’re on!” I said. He started with the Old Testament: “‘They tried to kill us. We survived. Let’s …
I’m a charter member. Aren’t you? Don’t you spend a good deal of your time grumbling? I live in Colorado, and oh my goodness: If we go without seeing the sun for twenty-four hours, we are an entire state of …
When we think of fighting, we tend to think first of fear. The anticipation of being hurt, abused, exploited, or killed evokes in us a “fight or flight” response: If we don’t fight, we’ll be overtaken, and if we can’t …
2 Questions, 2 clicks Each week we will conduct two polls. Enjoy these questions (and the results!) as we get to know our fellow disciplemakers. Question 1 [socialpoll id=”2408758″] Question 2 [socialpoll id=”2415774″] Check in each week for new questions! See …
We must be willing to keep seeing ourselves as God’s beloved child. This will be messy indeed, because it goes against the grown-up posture that we are taught to pursue in this world. There are some places, though, where we …