Reblogged from ctkblog: by Jayson Bradley Sometimes it can be difficult not to see church as another storefront with a product to sell. Cultural  consumerism can convince us that spirituality is a service that you pick up locally like you would groceries or socks. If you don’t like what they’re offering here, don’t worry. There’s […]

Image Credit Samuel Hamilton in East of Eden once wrote, “Two stories have haunted us and followed us from our beginning. . . . We carry them along with us like invisible tails—the story of original sin and the story of Cain and Abel. And I don’t understand either of them. I don’t understand them […]

Jesus can never be boxed in. He continually and consistently does things that leave us astonished.But, it’s that astonishment that leads us to worship. When Jesus broke down their boxes of understanding, the Pharisees and religious leaders became very …

When times of difficulty visit our homes, and there’s nothing within our
power to be done, where is our trust focused?  A total trust and reliance
on God is not always natural but is necessary!  Trust in the Lord and His
Grace to see it through!! 

A 2006 survey of ministers revealed that 89% of them have considered leaving the ministry, and 57% would quit if they had any other prospects. Recently researchers from the Clergy Health Initiative at Duke Divinity School did a study of 1,700 clergy finding that the instances for depression and anxiety were well above the national […]