Don’t Just Send a Resume is one of those books that you will want to read over and over again whenever you consider applying for a job in church ministry and even in para church ministry.
Have you ever considered applying for a job in your local church? Have you ever been in a church that is looking for a new Pastor? Have you ever sat on a committee that is looking for a new Pastor?
If you replied yes to any of those, then you need to get this book!Continue reading “Don’t Just Send a Resume”
It’s so easy to get pulled into the thinking that church is there to serve us, isn’t it?
People go to churches that they like, which is not always the church that they actually need. People soften the gospel message to make it nicer to hear. People can be more concerned with entertainment rather than Biblical preaching, and the list goes on. But is that what Christians are called to?Continue reading “Comfortable Christianity…”
Have you noticed how our world revolves around comfort? People speak about comfort zones and safe spaces where people can be themselves. You can pretty much do whatever you want as long as you’re comfortable with it.
This pursuit of comfort has made its way into the church.Continue reading “Uncomfortable”
One of the topics that every Bible College and seminary student, Christian and church worker will wrestle with is; how do we engage people well with the good news of Jesus?Continue reading “Engaging well…”
We are surrounded by so much information that comes across our path on a daily basis. We’re influenced by external voices in music, radio, television, and the list goes on. But, how can Christians navigate this?Continue reading “Plugged In”
One of the privileges that I’ve had over the last few years is seeing children and youth ministry within the contexts of different churches, in different countries and with different leading styles. In the most recent few years I have enjoyed leading the youth ministry in two different churches.
The question that I find myself asking, generally about children and youth ministry is, are we setting them up to fail? But this branches out into all ages, are our people taught well or are we setting them up to fail?Continue reading “Are we setting our kids up to fail?”
People love stories, it starts from a very young age and it doesn’t really go away. But how often do we think about the depth of the storybooks that we read to our children?
It would be wonderful if everyone invested just as much time in considering what to read to their children than they do in deciding what to read for themselves. Continue reading “Teach the little ones too…”
Have you ever heard of a church or a Christian describe themselves as being progressive? On the surface this might sound great, I mean who doesn’t want to be constantly changing and growing right?
But is that what people mean?Continue reading “Is ‘progressive’ a positive thing in the church?”
The human body is an absolutely wonderful thing, I am so thankful that God has given this world very intelligent people who study the body and help other people understand it all.
If you’re anything like most people in the world, you’ve probably asked the question ‘Who am I and why am I here?’ Some people answer this question by saying that people are just a bunch of matter that has somehow come together, but there are others who argue that there is a purpose and a meaning to humanity. Continue reading “Am I just my brain?”
I wonder what the first two things were that popped into your head. Was it the lack of young people and lively music? Was it the lack of money and structure? Was it the lack of the right Bible translation and doctrine classes?
Spoiler alert… I don’t think that it’s any of those things!Continue reading “2 things missing in many churches…”
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