If It’s a Stewardship Crisis… Then Let’s Start Acting Like Stewards
Church health requires more than talk. Here are 6 practical steps to steward pastors, resources, and mission for real Gospel impact.
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The Right Side of the Boat
There’s a moment most people hit eventually. You’ve been grinding. Showing up. Doing what you know how to do. And it’s not working. Not a little slow. Nothing. No traction. No payoff. Just effort disappearing into the dark. That’s where this story starts. A group of guys go out to fish, something they’ve done their…
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She Came for a Dead Man
It was still dark when Mary got there. She wasn’t coming to celebrate. She wasn’t coming to see an empty tomb or meet a risen Savior. She was coming with spices and oils to do the final, heartbreaking work of honoring a dead body. She loved Jesus enough to show up in the dark to…
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3 Words That Changed Everything
WE GOT HIM.Three words that cut through chaos. Somewhere deep in hostile territory, everything changed in a moment.A downed pilot. Isolated. Vulnerable. Waiting. Hoping. Praying someone was coming. Then the call came back over the radio: We got him. Mission accomplished.Target secured.Life saved. Those three words ripple outward.They hit a man first—you’re not alone anymore.Then…
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You Came for This… But What If There’s More?
You ever go somewhere expecting one thing… and walk out with way more than you planned? You run into a store for “just one thing”… and somehow leave with a full cart.You order something simple… and they upgrade you for free.You show up for a quick conversation… and it turns into something that actually changes…
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No Moderate Importance
There’s a line from C. S. Lewis that doesn’t leave you much room to hide: “Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, is of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is of moderate importance.” Here’s the problem: Most people don’t reject Jesus. They just reduce Him. We Don’t Deny Jesus. We Shelf…
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Don’t Quit Yet
You’re exhausted. Everything hurts. Life feels like it’s crushing you from the inside out. Work, relationships, your dreams, maybe even your faith, everything seems to be failing at once. You’ve begged for relief, shouted for it, prayed for it, but nothing changes. And now… now you just want out. You want it to stop. You…
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Do You Want to Be Well?
Jesus asked a simple question once: “Do you want to be well?” (John 5:6). Sounds easy, right? But here’s the thing, this isn’t just small talk. This question pierces straight to the heart. It’s not about a temporary fix or a quick feel-good moment. It’s about a total change from the inside, outside, and upside down. In…
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Let It Bloom
Last week we covered the fact that I make my coffee in a French press. I don’t do it because it’s trendy. Not because I’m a coffee snob – well not totally. I do it because good things take a little work – and because a girl named Maddy told me I was making coffee…
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Your Day Off Is Not a Reward. It’s a Requirement.
You didn’t see it coming. That’s the thing nobody warns you about. Burnout doesn’t announce itself. It doesn’t send a calendar invite. It doesn’t tap you on the shoulder and say “hey, you’re about to lose it.” It just quietly rewires you. And one day you realize, almost always way too late, that the person…