COVID-19 and your church!

COVID-19 and your church!

  The demands are coming fast and furious. Do we offer services online? Offer communion during those services? How do we minister in a time of isolation? What about ministry in rural settings? Why should our students even study at such a time? Below you’ll find...
The Good News of the Apocalypse

The Good News of the Apocalypse

   The other night I found myself having thoughts that were……. apocalyptic. I know the news is constantly talking about potential worst-case scenarios as the entire world adapts to the novel coronavirus. But, my thoughts were a little different. Let me explain. My...
Televangelists

Televangelists

  The word “Televangelist” was first used in a 1958 miniseries produced by The Southern Baptist Convention. It gained widespread use and notoriety in the 1980’s as millions of dollars were poured into television ministry. It was during this time that I entered...
Appreciation when everyone is remote

Appreciation when everyone is remote

  Hi! This is Dr. Paul White, co-author of The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace along with my friend and colleague Dr. Gary Chapman. We apply the 5 love languages to work-based relationships and that’s really been helpful to a lot of both individual...
How to GO When You Can’t Go!

How to GO When You Can’t Go!

  One of the biggest challenges for most people during this current pandemic is how to move forward. Everything is on pause, and yet, American nature tells us that the thing to do is strategize, look to the future, and figure out next steps. Cancellations feel...
5 Reasons to Cling to Hope in the Midst of the Storm

5 Reasons to Cling to Hope in the Midst of the Storm

  In the midst of this pandemic and quarantine, I think of storms. I live on two islands in Alaska, and my family commercial fishes every summer out on stormy waters. So I feel a deep connection to the disciples and the two storms in the gospels. Those two storms have...
A 2020 Resurrection Sunday Question

A 2020 Resurrection Sunday Question

WERE THERE TEAR STAINS ON THE AUTOGRAPH PARCHMENT? A 2020 Resurrection Sunday Question   As far as we know, there are no surviving autographs of any of the Books of the Bible, including the newer writings of the Apostles.  An autograph is the original document as...