Category: Ministry
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Do Not Journey Alone
The question worth wrestling with is not whether you need someone like this in your life. You do.
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The Preacher as Artist
The sermon is a work of art. That is not just a metaphor. It is a theological conviction about what preaching actually is and why we do it. What Preaching Is Not The sermon is not a motivational speech. Motivational speeches are energetic and inspiring and they have their place, but the pulpit is not…
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A Light for the Ones We Can’t See Yet
A lighthouse is a strange thing when you stop to think about it. Nobody builds one for the people who are already safe in the harbor. The folks standing on the shore with their feet on dry ground do not need a beam of light sweeping across the water. The lighthouse exists for the boat…
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How a Rabbit Trail Became a Devotional Guide
What if every day in June someone could spend a few minutes learning more about Jesus and getting closer to Him by thinking about one of His titles.
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Dead Corn and Divine Plans
Drive through Central Texas in July and you will see something that puzzles a lot of people who don’t live around here. The fields are full of corn that looks dead. The stalks are brown and dried out. The ears are drooping. Everything about it looks like something went wrong. I have heard people ask…
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Yesterday’s Trophy Won’t Win Today’s Game
Corey Seager was the World Series MVP in 2023. Today he has gone 27 straight at-bats without a hit. Trophies don’t get you hits — and past experiences with God, as real and sacred as they are, don’t substitute for fresh dependence on Him today.
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Drawing Near: What Our Church Is Doing for the Next 40 Days
Draw Near runs from April 26 through June 7, and it touches nearly every part of our church life.
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The Five Stages of Spiritual Community: How a Small Group Grows
Healthy groups don’t skip these steps; they move through them in order, naturally and prayerfully.
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Feeding Hungry Sheep
When John Milton wrote the line, “The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed,” he was not speaking about literal sheep, but about people. He was thinking about people who come to church but are starving because those who are supposed to feed them fail to do so. When Milton wrote that in 1638, it was common…