Category Archives: Challenges

This Crisis is Good?

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It was a season our church wasn’t doing well.  Our income had bottomed out and the bills were mounting.  Then, as providence would have it, our giving was even lower.  As I drove away I crashed in my spirit.  But the Lord began to speak to me tenderly.  “Would you like for me to speak to you about this?” He asked. I was hurt… Read more »

Culture & Ministry: Part 2

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Cultures (and generations) collide, as we know so well.  Perhaps the clearest evidence of this in the church is in the arena of music.  Music is, at the heart, an expression of culture.  That could give us insight into why when the music is changed or rejected, people experience loss and even feel criticized. Cultures collide, but they also connect,… Read more »