Relationships – Page 2

The best “insurance policy” you can have to guard you from discouragement is friendship. Discouragement pulls us away from the thing we need most

I am excited about a new book I have coming out this Fall (Abingdon Press). It is entitled The Teaming Church: Ministry in the Age of

Graceless moments. They have a way of sucking the life right out of us. They put the clamps on our spirits and keep us from breathing.

Gracious moments. We can’t live without them. When we extend grace to others, despite our flaws and weaknesses, we reflect something of the very

“I’m sick of your religion, religion, religion…” – Isaiah 1:14 The Message “It will be an ill day for us if what most humans mean by

“I’m after mercy, not religion.” Hosea 6:6 The Message “Christ came when all things were growing old. He made them new.” Augustine Would

How many more minutes before the church service would be over? That’s all I could think about. Every agenda item on the scheduled liturgy was

Rod Cooper, a professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, describes intimacy as “INTO-ME-SEE!” I like that. It says much about what

You can tell when a person has “closed their soul” towards you, can’t you? They pull away and avoid your presence. Their answers to your

Christianity Today has posted a forum with a variety of Evangelical leaders reflecting on how 9/11 has changed them. The leaders include Philip

One out of every three people in America is a “Boomer”; a part of the age group currently between 49-66 years of age. This generation has been

Just how do we define a “generation”? What is it that distinguishes one from another? According to Larry Richard’s Expository Dictionary of Bible