The Phone Call I Should Have Made
Greg May talks about thankfulness on the Energion.com Podcast. Just because people work without expecting anything in return doesn’t mean we should fail to thank them.
Greg May talks about thankfulness on the Energion.com Podcast. Just because people work without expecting anything in return doesn’t mean we should fail to thank them.
… or perhaps you shouldn’t. I’ve known many pastors who didn’t want to preach stewardship sermons, or “money sermons” as they’re often called. The congregation doesn’t want to hear about money. They’d rather be encouraged in various ways. I’ve also known many pastors who claimed they were totally unafraid of the money sermon. They claimed…
A couple of days ago, I blogged about evaluating the state of your small group during the summer months. One important type of small group is the class for new church members or new believers. For obvious reasons, such a group doesn’t continue with the same people year after year. Your hope is to see…
‘Tis God who gives the skill, But not without [human] hands: [God] could not make Antonio Stradivari’s violins Without Antonio. -George Eliot (woman poet/writer) It is the strange paradox that our work is something we do; yet it is only a manifestation of God’s work in us, expressed in the Latin koan: orare est laborare…
To some the Holy Spirit is dead and should receive little attention. To others He is a list of spectacular powers by which we can validate our life in ministry. John Weston introduces the Holy Spirit to us as Teacher, Guide, Comforter, and Advocate in his new book, Life in the Spirit, which will be…