Missional Living
Choosing to Lament
I was in my teens when I first came across Psalm 13 in my student Bible. I’ll never forget the feeling of seeing words in print in my Bible that matched the swirling of emotion I felt going on inside me during a particularly challenging season of life. I had not been taught this in Sunday school; I thought surely that my questioning of God’s presence – or, more accurately…
Continue ReadingA kingdom response to coronavirus, daily prayers, and more
For many, Covid-19 seems to produce two opposite reactions: A kind of cynicism that minimizes the actual risk and ignores those who are most vulnerable to the disease;
Continue ReadingA Response to Barna’s Study, Where Do We Go From Here?
We who represent Jesus Christ often pray for His influence in our nation. But in light of that desire, it seem…
Continue ReadingHelping you self examine
When I was on staff at Grace Community Church in Detroit, Michigan, I loved how the church leadership pursued having a worship stage that reflected the diversity of church attendees. There was a significant African American population at the predominantly White church.
Continue ReadingImportant Announcement Regarding Dan Hamil
Over the last eight years, I have written tens of thousands of words to you as the NAB family with the hopes of pastorally, prophetically, and passionately stirring in you an even greater desire to love God fully, worship Him deeply, follow Jesus faithfully, and witness to this world brightly.
Continue ReadingThe Process of Deciding, Discerning, and Doing
In light of this three-article series on discernment, it seems appropriate to finish with a final article on some practical application.
Continue ReadingThe Process of Deciding, Discerning, and Doing
In light of this three-article series on discernment, it seems appropriate to finish with a final article on some practical application. This piece covers some decisions we need to make, some examples of discernment processes we can apply (including two book reviews), and then finally an encouragement towards actually doing, or putting what we have discerned into practice.
Continue ReadingDeveloping Practices of Communal Discernment
To follow up with last week’s article on discerning God at work in our neighbourhoods, we offer this article from Aileen Van Ginkel on corporate discernment.
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