By Sarah Van Horn What does it take to change a life? Change a church? Change a community? As Christians, we tend to think big, planning big events for big people with big spiritual impact. Try thinking smaller. Starting with the Smallest People Start with the smallest people in your church. Most people […]
By Simon Presland You’re doing God’s work, but you are accused of doing everything except working for him. You live a life of humility and service, but people scorn you. You’re kind and benevolent, yet people take advantage of you. How would you react in the face of such a continual negative onslaught? Would […]
By Gary D. Robinson While reading Eugene Peterson’s insightful commentary on David, I was struck by the part where he discusses the king’s return to Jerusalem after his son Absalom’s failed coup. Along the way, worn and weary David deals with a succession of people. Some he can trust. Others’ motives are ambiguous at […]
By Dr. Barry Thornton During the first few weeks of my first preaching ministry in Ohio, I ventured out to the local Department of Motor Vehicles to get our Ohio plates for placement on our Chevy Chevette. (Remember those cars?) Having moved from Indiana, I discovered that Ohio issues two license plates, one […]
By Terry MacCabe A friend who works in a government office recently told me about an experience he had at work. A few months after arriving at his office a woman had launched harassment charges against several male coworkers. My friend was transferred shortly thereafter, but a few months later received a phone call […]
