All Christians are part of the household of God. All Christians were once welcomed to that household by God’s grace. All Christians have a role in welcoming visitors to that household as an expression of the grace we’ve received. From Nick Kennicott at The Christward Collective. To be hospitable is to welcome a person with …
In a post about necessary qualities of church revitalisers (those who come be nurture new vitality in an existing church, in contrast with church planters who are starting a new church) Ed Stetzer writes about the need for relational patience, a quality any pastor who is working with an existing church needs. …church revitalizers must …
John Starke writes about pastoring during a season of depression. And a source of encouragement through that time. I began to notice that I wasn’t just sad or discouraged about my circumstances. Something was different. There was a darkness that had set in. My sorrow and discouragement began to wrap around me and squeeze. It …
A funeral for a Christian man, whose life was the aroma of Jesus. At the graveside his family were given sprigs of rosemary, the herb of remembrance, to cast in the grave. Holding the herb, squeezing it gently, breathing in the herbaceous sweet woody aroma provided a pause to collect final memories of this man, …
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