3 Reasons The Mission Could Be the Right Place for You
By Guest | | Leadership | Anglicanism
Are you new to Anglicanism or curious what it would look like to connect with The Anglican Mission? Nathan Hale of Desert Mission Anglican Church shares three compelling reasons why The Mission may be right for you.
Polite but Deadly: Telling the Truth in a Duck Dynasty World
By Guest | | Evangelism and Outreach, Spiritual Growth | relationships, Text
What if we could live from a heart of genuine love and respect for others, treating them with kindness regardless of their agreement with our beliefs? What if that love “compelled” us to share the ridiculous truth of Christ with those who truly needed to know, without picking a political party to defend?
Desperate: Why Burnout Is Mission’s Greatest Enemy
By Guest | | Spiritual Growth | burnout, Galatians 6:2, Matthew 11:28-30, mental health, Personal experience, rest, Text
Burnout is harmful. It has actually destroyed many churches, ministries, and individuals. It can rattle every man and woman from the mission God has called them to do.
You Are Here: The Secret to Getting Direction From Above
By Guest | | Spiritual Growth | direction, navigation, Personal experience, testimony, Text
Jesus doesn’t make me move to a different location, then give me direction. He doesn’t ask me to move at all. All I need to do is say, “Here I am. I’m right here.”
How God Turns Ordinary Into Extraordinary
By Guest | | Church Planting, Spiritual Growth | extraordinary, Jamie George, ordinary, Text
By Rev. Jamie George . I never imagined that Jesus would pull me out of the battle per se and take me to a place where I would be milking goats, gathering chicken eggs and installing fences. Nevertheless, I now realize God has led me here to prepare me for the next ministry.
How to Talk About the Sacraments Without Scaring People Away
By Guest | | Sacraments, Spiritual Growth | Anglicanism, sacramental living, Sacraments, Text, three streams
Here are three principles that will help us all as we seek to communicate the great blessings our tradition has to offer in its sacramental life.
Stepping Out of the Boat: The Start of My Journey as a Church Planter
By Guest | | Church Planting, Spiritual Growth | testimony, Text
Serving in established churches can feel like a very safe place to follow and serve Jesus, and if you’ve never left to go start a church from scratch, it might sound crazy or feel impossible to join Jesus in such an endeavor. But to some, the urge to go where Jesus is leading surpasses everything else.
Is It Our Job? Rethinking Addiction and Recovery Ministry in the Church
By Guest | | Evangelism and Outreach | mental health, outreach, Recovery ministry, Text
Can your staff clearly identify and differentiate, by policy and wisdom, which acts of compassion, enabling, helping, discernment, accountability and church safety are useful when an unknown “poor” family of four asks for assistance? How would you discern wise, loving forward-moving ministry?
What Being a Hospice Chaplain Taught Me About Easter
By Guest | | Celebrate, Leadership | Church year, Easter, Personal experience, Resurrection, Text
The gift of hospice is to provide comfort and care to patients nearing the end of life and their families. The gift of the hospice chaplain is to bring the extraordinary message of Easter.
Creating Space for the Holy Spirit
By Guest | | Spirit | Holy Spirit, Text, three streams, Worship
You can hear the Word of God and “participate” in and celebrate the liturgy, and through these “streams” you can experience the third stream, the Holy Spirit. However, I believe that there is more the Holy Spirit wants to give us if we can provide the opportunities or space for Him to move among us.