As most of you know, Rose and I transitioned to a new home and new place of ministry a few months ago. And needless to say, the past few months have been hard. They’ve brought on unique challenges (and opportunities)—the kind of challenges we have limited experience of dealing with. I sense myself waging the…
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Getting the Most Out of Your Church Internship
If you’ve attended a Christian university, studied in school for any type of Christian ministry, or have worked for a church for any length of time, you’ve undoubtedly gone through a period of time most people refer to as an internship. Internships are meant to be fertile ground for getting a person’s feet not just…
When God Sends You Where You Don’t Want To Go
As a seminary student nearing graduation I’ve been asked hundreds of times in recent years, what do you want to do with your degree? And usually right after I get asked that the follow up question is, where do you want to serve? It’s a bit of a weird question, because it assumes we have…
The Four Benefits of a Small Church
Before moving earlier this month I had been serving at what most people would consider to be a large church. The weekend attendance of this church was usually around 1,500, sometimes larger. Today I find myself serving at a church where the weekend attendance is closer to 250. Needless to say, this has been a…
When the Well Runs Dry
I had this thought last week: “The well is dry.” It was an interesting thought because I was doing all the right things in order to cultivate newness within my thoughts and life, but it was the reality I had run up against. I was running on empty. Those of you who consider yourselves to…
How to Live the Christian Life
I think most of us here know how to become a Christian. You know that to become a Christian, an encounter with Christ must take place, but so many do not know how to live the Christian life. Now, first of all, what is a Christian? What does it mean to be a Christian?…