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Are We Working Out Our Heavenly Job Description On Earth? Part 1

Are We Working Out Our Heavenly Job Description On Earth? Part 1

As a Christian, you expect to go to heaven when you die, but what do you expect to be doing after you arrive?  Perhaps you will spend time with loved ones, make appointments to meet the great saints of the ages, or take a long rest.  But, is that all you will be...

Enemy Mode: Your Brain on Narcissism

Enemy Mode: Your Brain on Narcissism

Enemy Mode: Your Brain on Narcissism God designed a complex network of neurological circuits to work together to help us stay relationally connected and attuned to each other. When these relational circuits are running as designed, we call this “Relational Mode.” Our...

Compassion & Conviction

Compassion & Conviction

Pastor Resources · Compassion & Conviction No one makes political decisions from a neutral position. To make a policy decision is to choose certain values and goods over others. Political decisions are inevitably informed by a certain worldview or outlook. When...

Redemption

Redemption

Pastor Resources · Redemption     The musical Hamilton resonates with me more than any piece of art I have ever experienced, primarily because it teems with the most important themes of my life. Engaging these themes of grace, shame, forgiveness, and...

COVID-19: Considerations for Re-Gathering in Church Buildings

COVID-19: Considerations for Re-Gathering in Church Buildings

Pastor Resources · Covid - 19 And Returning To Church   I have a sister who lives in Vancouver, Washington, and another who resides in Richardson, Texas. Vancouver has few cases of COVID-19. But Dallas County, by comparison, has a lot. Yet, at the moment, Vancouver...

Why so many pastoral suicides

Why so many pastoral suicides

Pastor Resources · Pastoral Suicide   Why are we painfully seeing more suicides in the ministry? Why does it seem like a “taboo” topic to bring up? Why does it seem that people are fearful to tell the truth when it comes to someone taking their own life?...

Are You Willing to be Forgotten?

Are You Willing to be Forgotten?

Pastor Resources · Are You Willing To Be Forgotten - Menikoff   You’ve probably never heard the name Oswald Avery. Not long after the influenza pandemic of 1918, he devoted himself to finding the cause of this horrific virus. Avery lived in a laboratory, hovering...

Faith and Fear Can’t Co-Exist?

Faith and Fear Can’t Co-Exist?

 Pastor Resources · Faith And Fear   Can faith and fear co-exist? Can we have hope in the midst of fear? Aren’t we, as God’s people, especially in difficult times, to eradicate fear from among us? Easier said than done! While fear is an emotion; faith is a choice. We...

Rediscipling The White Church

Rediscipling The White Church

Pastor Resources · Adaptation Chapter 3   In my experiences with racial reconciliation conversations, there usually comes a moment when superficial talk gets real. Often this comes about because a person of color takes the risk to share how racism and white...

Learning to Read the Bible

Learning to Read the Bible

Pastor Resources · Learning To Read The Bible   When I was young, I had a soccer coach who told me I didn’t know how to run—and that he was going to teach me. His statement made me mad. I actually didn’t like my coach too much; I thought he was kind of overweight for...

Are We Working Out Our Heavenly Job Description On Earth? Part 1

Are We Working Out Our Heavenly Job Description On Earth? Part 1

As a Christian, you expect to go to heaven when you die, but what do you expect to be doing after you arrive?  Perhaps you will spend time with loved ones, make appointments to meet the great saints of the ages, or take a long rest.  But, is that all you will be...

Enemy Mode: Your Brain on Narcissism

Enemy Mode: Your Brain on Narcissism

Enemy Mode: Your Brain on Narcissism God designed a complex network of neurological circuits to work together to help us stay relationally connected and attuned to each other. When these relational circuits are running as designed, we call this “Relational Mode.” Our...

Compassion & Conviction

Compassion & Conviction

Pastor Resources · Compassion & Conviction No one makes political decisions from a neutral position. To make a policy decision is to choose certain values and goods over others. Political decisions are inevitably informed by a certain worldview or outlook. When...

Redemption

Redemption

Pastor Resources · Redemption     The musical Hamilton resonates with me more than any piece of art I have ever experienced, primarily because it teems with the most important themes of my life. Engaging these themes of grace, shame, forgiveness, and...

COVID-19: Considerations for Re-Gathering in Church Buildings

COVID-19: Considerations for Re-Gathering in Church Buildings

Pastor Resources · Covid - 19 And Returning To Church   I have a sister who lives in Vancouver, Washington, and another who resides in Richardson, Texas. Vancouver has few cases of COVID-19. But Dallas County, by comparison, has a lot. Yet, at the moment, Vancouver...

Why so many pastoral suicides

Why so many pastoral suicides

Pastor Resources · Pastoral Suicide   Why are we painfully seeing more suicides in the ministry? Why does it seem like a “taboo” topic to bring up? Why does it seem that people are fearful to tell the truth when it comes to someone taking their own life?...

Are You Willing to be Forgotten?

Are You Willing to be Forgotten?

Pastor Resources · Are You Willing To Be Forgotten - Menikoff   You’ve probably never heard the name Oswald Avery. Not long after the influenza pandemic of 1918, he devoted himself to finding the cause of this horrific virus. Avery lived in a laboratory, hovering...

Faith and Fear Can’t Co-Exist?

Faith and Fear Can’t Co-Exist?

 Pastor Resources · Faith And Fear   Can faith and fear co-exist? Can we have hope in the midst of fear? Aren’t we, as God’s people, especially in difficult times, to eradicate fear from among us? Easier said than done! While fear is an emotion; faith is a choice. We...

Rediscipling The White Church

Rediscipling The White Church

Pastor Resources · Adaptation Chapter 3   In my experiences with racial reconciliation conversations, there usually comes a moment when superficial talk gets real. Often this comes about because a person of color takes the risk to share how racism and white...

Learning to Read the Bible

Learning to Read the Bible

Pastor Resources · Learning To Read The Bible   When I was young, I had a soccer coach who told me I didn’t know how to run—and that he was going to teach me. His statement made me mad. I actually didn’t like my coach too much; I thought he was kind of overweight for...

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