Explore teaching, encouragement, and life in ministry.
19 articles · Page 1 of 2
Join us for the 2024 CGN International Conference from June 23-26, 2024, at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa . This year’s theme, “Hope, Suffering, and Glory: Studies in 1 Peter,” promises to deepen your faith and strengthen your connections…
Read article →“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice” (Philippians 4:4). What kind of wild man tells a group of people to rejoice at…
Read article →I had to make a phone call last week that I didn’t want to make. A call that many have had to make over the…
Read article →As a free-spirited extrovert, I fill my cup by being around people. The thought of being locked in my house by governmental mandate goes against…
Read article →“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear” (Psalm 46:1–2a). As most of us would agree,…
Read article →The Bible tells us in Ecclesiastes that life is made up of seasons: “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter…
Read article →“‘Pebbles in a brook polish one another’”—thank God for the pebbles of His Lisu Church.” So wrote Isobel Kuhn, who with her husband John spent…
Read article →The story of the blind beggar, found in Luke 18 is one that has recently had a powerful impact on my attitude toward prayer. The…
Read article →“When I remember God, then I am disturbed; when I sigh, then my spirit grows faint. Selah. You have held my eyelids open; I am…
Read article →My last article traced an introduction to my experience with panic attacks and this second part closes with further reflections on why I am (unexpectedly)…
Read article →My panic attacks first started at the beginning of the summer of 2017, before I embarked on my study of theology. After 33 years of…
Read article →“O You who hear prayer, to You all flesh will come” (Psalm 65:2). I am so thankful for the character of the Living God! He…
Read article →Recently I was given the great privilege of seeing some of the fruit from the youth ministry I pioneered over 15 years ago while speaking…
Read article →Maybe you’ve heard of CrossFit. I’m one of those crazy people who have bought into their way of using constantly varied, functional movements at a…
Read article →Every difficulty we experience in life is either an opportunity or an obstacle. The Chinese symbol for the word “crisis” is actually two separate symbols:…
Read article →Sometimes I feel trapped by the all the things I think I ought to do. I ought to do more; I ought to sin less….
Read article →I like to think I am an enjoyer of good things. A sunset of brilliant colors, a cup of coffee that tastes of good quality,…
Read article →“I break everything,” I whimpered with tears streaming down my face. I stared down at the floor to see the bright, yellow, broken pieces of…
Read article →
