The Disciplemaker Team 
Many fathers (and mothers, too—this is an issue that warps all parent-child relationships) are simply awful to their children—which means that Jesus’ words about God’s “fatherhood” (or any invocation of “parenthood” applied to God) are not easy pills to swallow. …
My friend Samson [i] was a profoundly abused little boy, and in 2005, he came to us at Hope Community Church a strong but extremely angry young man. The love of Hope’s believers brought Samson to Jesus—but he landed in …
I can remember my initial awakenings to God like they were yesterday. Born and raised in a Christian home, I lived most of my life with a general awareness of God. I would even say that I had a relationship …
Saint Francis had a penchant for the glory of the world and God’s presence and movement within it. In a time of upheaval and change in the church, when spirituality had strayed from its dedication to the simplicity of the …
In 2 Corinthians 3:18, Paul writes: “We all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.” …
Learn more about Mentoring Communities at this webinar, 3 Keys to Transformational Leadership Using Mentoring Communities with MaryKate Morse and Leighton Ford. Every new leader believes they can make a difference where older leaders have failed. Yet when the reality …
Sometimes it’s hard to write about something we know well. We all have pieces of our lives that are so familiar to us, we don’t even know what we know. And then we assume our readers know what we don’t …
I just got home to Kodiak last night from visiting all my children. (We left when there were just 1,000 COVID-19 cases in the U.S. The world changed in a single week.) The airports and planes were empty. It was eerie. I felt like a character in the Left Behind series. What? Everyone…
Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. Philippians 2:4, NLT “You can’t have a ministry here for women only!” the older woman scolded. “This is a family church, and we don’t want …
Cover photo via Vatican Media This post originally appeared on Instagram from @theandrewarndt Was Sunday, March 15, 2020 Strange for You, Too? On Sunday, I saw a picture of the Pope looking out on St. Peters Square, where the worshipers …