Whose Strength Are You Operating In?
How much of what you do is based on your ability versus the intervening strength of God? It’s possible to move forward in our...
What Used to Not Work Works Again
The world is in constant motion. It seems the Church isn’t always aware of this basic fact. If we aren’t careful we can flog...
Building Adequate Relationships
Pastor David Cho of the world's largest church, in Seoul, Korea, has a practice with his new church start-ups, of asking his planters to...
Open Conversations or Closed Ones
You are doing outreach. You approach with bottles of water. You walk up to folks and stutteringly mutter, "Um Ma'am, would you like a...
Walk Spontaneously in the Spirit
Sometimes the best stuff happens as we don’t necessarily plan it all out – as we flow in the power of the Spirit. Paul...
God’s Empowering
In October of 1871, the devastating Great Chicago Fire happened. The disaster claimed one-third of the structures of Chicago, hundreds of lives and all...
Overcoming The Desire To Quit
It is common that as we get involved in changing the world that every once in a while we want to throw in the...
Are You Having Fun?
If you are Scandinavian (your name has a “dahl” or “gren” or “sen” in it) you may be a little impaired in the fun...
Ready, FIRE!, Aim
Are you reticent, or ready for action today? Most of the time we talk ourselves into a familiar refrain – Ready, Aim…Ready, Aim. We...
Simplifying God’s Voice
Do you feel inadequate in the area of connecting with God's voice? When you hear others mention they have gotten specific guidance from God...