Church Planting in My 50s: One Woman’s Story
God invited me into a new adventure of church planting a multi-site campus of the Pathway Vineyard Church. I was 55 years old and had been married for 34 years.
Category: Devotions
Every Pastor’s Trap: Busyness
Busyness can become an identity. It may be how you’re known. We hear people say to us, “Oh, you’re always so busy,” and we feel both a sense of pride and sense of wanting anything other than busyness for ourselves.
Church Planting: A Place of Uncertainty
When it comes to the future being uncertain, that pretty much sums up life, doesn’t it? It’s possible that you’re in a place of uncertainty right now.
Church Planting: The Family Business
He entrusts us with the task of announcing his kingdom, and making disciples fit for the king. He does not entrust this task to servants: He gives it to brothers. In a way, that means church planting is the family business.
Christmas Misery: 10 Ways to Process Loss at the Holidays
If we aren’t careful, the joy of Christmas is covered over with the emotions of loss, and rather than appreciating what we have or looking forward to what’s to come, we find ourselves in Christmas misery.
Rethink Christmas—An Opportunity to Testify!
You can rethink Christmas by asking a simple question: How will you respond to this good news of great joy that is for all people—that is, for you?
Jesus Loves Strippers (and Other Lessons in Church Planting)
Jesus loves strippers—what it would it look like to tell them?
When Ministry Has You Weary: Navigating the Peaks, Valleys and Plains in Life
When Ministry Has You Weary: Navigating the Peaks, Valleys and Plains in Life. We all need to find power to live above our circumstances.
Be Kind: Everyone’s Got Something Going On
Church planting is hard, but be kind: Everyone’s got something going on you can’t see. Here’s one story.
We’ve Never Done It That Way Before Devotional
Tired of hearing we’ve never done it that way before? Many church plants bring a much needed refocus back to our core mission to fulfill the Great Commission.
