“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”  John 10:11 Most of us are not familiar with shepherds.  I...

I love to study movements and I have run across one that really intrigues me. It is a vision that has the goal of sending believers into...

People often asked me, “why did you become a pastor?”  The answer is simple.  I felt called to preach the gospel to people hurting and...

This past year I have been leading many congregations through a stewardship program entitled, Consecrated Stewards. When I come into a...

That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking with each other...

In this talk-performance hybrid, drummer, percussionist and TED Fellow Kasiva Mutua shares how she’s breaking the taboo against female...

What to do when you have doubts? 21Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.”  John...

We had ten proposed actions for the Board of Directors and the district president to execute, voted on and passed at the Northern...

24 Thomas, the one called Didymus, one of the Twelve, wasn’t with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples told him, “We’ve...

Well, the mountain-top experience is over. You came and heard a great Jesus-centered, uplifting, hopeful message. You left feeling you...

Liz Ogbu is an architect who works on spatial justice: the idea that justice has a geography and that the equitable distribution of...

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On this Good Friday, as we reflect on the sacrifice made for us by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, one thought stands out. Jesus was in...

This is from a sermon series I bought and personalized years ago and preached to my people.  It was a tremendous blessing to them, and  I...

I encourage you to join me this Holy Thursday as we pray for seekers of the Truth. On what would be Jesus last Passover festival. He was...

The problem with our declining churches is not that the Word of God has lost its effectiveness. It has the same power to save today, in...

The seventh mark of the authentic missional Church is its ability to deal with conflict in a God-pleasing manner.  Conflict Resolution...

Well, the votes were tallied, and the final gavel sounded; another District convention had come to a close.  It was almost a historic...

When it was built for an international exposition in the last century, the structure was called monstrous by the citizens of the city,...

“Soccer is the only thing on this planet that we can all agree to do together,” says theater maker and TED Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph....