Category: discipleship
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Tourists and companions can look identical when the weather is good. You only find out which is which when the conditions change. Which means the most important relational decision you’ll make is one you need to make before the hard season arrives.
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“The disrupted life isn’t a destination you arrive at. It’s a direction you keep choosing — shaped by the death and resurrection of Jesus.”
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“Culture tells us to follow our hearts. Jesus says something far more radical — let me transform them.”
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“Most leaders aren’t lazy — they’re full. Here’s a biblical and practical framework for moving from full to overflowing.”
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You’ve heard it said: What got you here won’t get you there. It’s one of those phrases that gets repeated in leadership circles until it loses its edges. And there’s truth in it. There are seasons that demand course corrections. Moments when we have to shed old patterns and learn new ways of thinking and…
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“The business world told us to build the brand first and figure out the substance later. That strategy has quietly crept into church leadership — and it is costing us more than we realise.”
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I have to be honest with you. I don’t have the gift of hospitality. I know that’s a strange confession for a pastor to make. But it’s true. If you knock on my door unannounced, I will welcome you. I’ll make you a cup of tea. I’ll be warm, I’ll be kind, I’ll be genuinely…
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From the series: Empowered — Discovering and Developing Your Spiritual Gifts Let me name the elephant in the room. When most Christians hear the phrase “spiritual gifts,” they’re broadly fine — until the conversation gets to the gifts that involve healing, miracles, prophecy and tongues. That’s when the room shifts. Eyes drop. People who were…
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From the series: Empowered — Discovering and Developing Your Spiritual Gifts Sarah sat nervously at the edge of the prayer circle. Three months into this church, she still felt like an outsider looking in — quiet by nature, uncertain of her place, more likely to slip out unnoticed than to step into anything. When the…
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From the series: Empowered — Discovering and Developing Your Spiritual Gifts There’s a particular kind of frustration that settles into a church over time. It’s not the frustration of conflict or crisis. It’s quieter than that. It’s the frustration of watching the same small group of people carry everything — Sunday after Sunday, meeting after…
