Over the years I have learned that the best way to involve the entire congregation in prayer is to provide multiple and varied models and opportunities for prayer.  What appeals to one will not appeal to all.  What fits one person’s schedule …

What challenges have you faced in the effort to develop the ministry of prayer in the local church?  Are there questions with which you have wrestled?I don’t have all of the answers, but would you consider posting your question as a “Comment” in r…

My friend, Tom Sterbens of New Hope Church wrote and recorded this song of his friend (and mine) John Nichols. The entire project can be seen here.

There is great discussion going on in the church today about adjusting older styles of communicating the gospel and finding newer ways to reach people. Some have, sadly, put their method in the place of the message. They seem willing to die for the method they are comfortable with. We are called to DIE for […]

Eccl 1:15 What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be numbered. (NKJV) I’m somewhat reluctant to make a commitment like this, but I’m going to attempt to blog my way through the book of Ecclesiastes. That means that most o…