By Bill Tell Time to get serious. And personal about my stress. A primary breeding ground of long term stress in my life has been in the core lies I have believed. Because I allowed the core lies to go …
We knew it was coming. The work, the responsibility, the obligations of raising children. But you can’t prepare for something so massive. Motherhood requires every ounce we didn’t know we had in us to give, twenty-four hours a day, seven …
Clouds of steam billowed from under the crumpled hood of the Lexus. Glass from the driver-side rear window lay strewn along the road, sparkling like diamonds on the glistening blacktop. Two police cars encircled the wreckage, their lights ricocheting around …
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Christ goes to a well in Samaria and meets with a Samaritan woman there. He goes to a place and places himself in a situation others avoided. Setting things right in this world begins by going to places and into …
2 Questions, 2 clicks The people have spoken and the final results are in. Last week we learned that softcover is more popular than hardcover (though it was close). See the results. This week we find out what beverage fuels …
Christianity is a surprising religion. It has changed the world in remarkable ways throughout history simply through Christians living out their faith. More recently, we’ve become afraid of a habituated Christianity, thinking that routines will rob our faith of its …
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 …