Living Among the Dead
Why are you looking for the living among the dead? Why are you looking for life among places where there is only death? Why are…
disciple
Come Away With Me
(Adapted from an article written in the Christian Century, 1996, “Watching from the boat,” by Martin B. Copenhaver) I read this week in an article…
church growth
#6) I have never been a fan of the church growth movement. While I went to a large church in high school – and served…
Becoming Disciples through: Service
The other night my husband and I had finished dinner and I stood up to clear the table and take away our plates. As he…
Becoming Disciples through: Gifts
Over the past two weeks we have explored how we support the ministries of Christ’s church through our prayers and our presence. We live as…
whew.
all of the distraction and wrestling and frustration yesterday with my sermon… and in the two weeks worth of conversations on membership and discipleship really…
Becoming Disciples through: Accountability and Practice
1. Our life of faith is a journey Later on in today’s service, the life of faith will begin for this little girl as her…
making members, making disciples
At my church, we have a pretty significant number of people who are “constituents” of our church and not official members. For various reasons, these…