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.
‘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…
Week 3: This week is all about equipping the Saints! Pick up your bag or toolbox and open up your Bible to Luke or Acts and dig in to grow up! While there is no shortcut to Bible study but it does not have to be boring or repetitive. Here are some curriculum options that…
Our current editing work on books to be released in the next month is very rich with thoughts for Pentecost Sunday. In each case, page numbers are from the advance reader copies and may vary slightly in the final edition. First, from Unfettered Spirit: Spiritual Gifts for the New Great Awakening by Bob Cornwall, pages…
Energion Publications’ owner, Henry Neufeld, reports a “successful” week at the Academy of Parish Clergy 2012 Annual Conference in Dayton, OH. “The members have been friendly and very interested in the resources we have to offer them in our Partnership in Discipleship idea brochure. I have really enjoyed talking and getting to know the pastors and the…
… 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…
There is a new Participatory Study in town and its name is The Spirit’s Fruit by Dr. David Moffett-Moore. This study, beginning with the topic, is made for small groups, whether they are youth or senior saints. Jesus told us, His disciples, that we were to “go and bear fruit.” Paul tells us, the Church,…