by Greg Tomlin | Aug 17, 2022 | Blog, Faith & Heritage, Ministry
In my last letter, I wrote at length about the hardships you can expect in ministry—maybe ones you are already experiencing. Ministry is hard work for all of the reasons I outlined, not the least of which is we’re supposed to carry each other’s burdens and do the...
by Greg Tomlin | Aug 15, 2022 | Blog, Faith & Heritage
If you’ve just begun your journey through seminary, I want to congratulate you on making one of the most awesome, wonderful, and terrifying decisions a Christ-follower can make—that of submitting to a life of service and a very close walk of faith with your Master.In...
by Patty Parker | Aug 8, 2022 | Blog, Faith & Heritage
Nobody’s Perfect The one who says he is in the light but still hates his brother is still in the darkness. The one who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness, walks in the...
by Wade Berry | Aug 3, 2022 | Faith & Heritage
I don’t remember anything about the first time I really listened to Zach Williams’ Grammy Award-winning song “There Was Jesus.” What I do remember is the way my soul was stirred by Dolly Parton’s guest vocals—and the way my heart broke open as I reflected upon the...
by Wade Berry | Jul 9, 2022 | Faith & Heritage
I was born in 1976, but I was really a child of the “Reagan Revolution.” It is easy for people to forget how dismal the 1960s and 1970s were. An unpopular war, economic worries, and titanic cultural shifts produced a social landscape which looked more like a moon...
by Karl Fickling | Jul 7, 2022 | Faith & Heritage
Three colleagues shared with their ministry support lunch group that they were on antidepressants. All three explained they weren’t exactly emotionally depressed. Instead, they just felt beat up. Their doctors had recommended trying antidepressants to reset their...
