by Karl Fickling | Apr 13, 2020 | Ministry, Worship
Last month, I had no idea what was about to break loose. Did you? Since then, I’ve heard words of compassion and advice from EVERYBODY, including restaurants, schools, online periodicals, churches, pastors, and many others. I even heard from The Onion. Everyone seems...
by Chris Sims | Mar 26, 2020 | Leadership, Ministry
We live in interesting times! Pandemics. National Emergencies. Bear Markets. Many might quickly surmise these interesting times are also evil times. Maybe that is so, but as far as the church is concerned, I fully believe God is taking these interesting/evil times and...
by Chris Sims | Oct 29, 2019 | Ministry, Scripture
I ran from my call to ministry…for years…16 years to be exact. Why? Amongst other things, I did not have confidence in who I was in Christ and struggled to see that God could use me in ways beyond what I saw as my natural limitations. When I finally found myself...
by Wade Berry | Sep 3, 2019 | Ministry
For the last few weeks, we have been talking about how the average follower of Jesus can prepare for the important moments in her or his life of devotion. We first talked about how to prepare for worship, emphasizing the importance of daily spiritual discipline,...
by Karl Fickling | Jul 29, 2019 | Education, Ministry
There’s a lot written about how generations are different, but sometimes there are similarities. Take, for instance, the retired pastor from the Builder generation, who came through our interim pastor training. He said, “This training is like being back in seminary,...
by Karl Fickling | May 23, 2019 | Carroll Community, Ministry, Scripture, Theology
Have YOU ever said something in a sermon that you regret? Plenty of pastors have done so. Recently, I’ve heard different pastors make claims they ought to regret, because what they said wasn’t true. For instance: The Texas flag doesn’t have to be subordinated to the...
