by Wade Berry | Apr 10, 2018 | Carroll Community
Last week, we tried to gain a better understanding of what discipleship is by describing the kinds of obstacles that we encounter when we try to do it well. We learned that real discipleship integrates intellectual, spiritual, and emotional elements, and we discussed...
by Wade Berry | Apr 3, 2018 | Carroll Community
With the glow of Easter still hanging in the air of our homes and our churches, most of us who have placed our faith in the risen Christ want to make more disciples for him. We ourselves want to be better followers of “the Jesus way” (to borrow language used...
by Wade Berry | Jan 30, 2018 | Carroll Community
Professional development is an important but often neglected part of the church leader’s task. Seminary cannot teach us all that we need to know to be good servants and leaders of God’s people, and we need to keep our minds nimble and active as we gain age and...
by Wade Berry | Oct 24, 2017 | Carroll Community
Sometimes, I just don’t understand American Catholics. It is clear that many of them care deeply about their church, but it is also clear that many of them are determined to shape it to suit their own tastes. They demonstrate this desire by consistently disregarding...
by Wade Berry | Oct 11, 2017 | Ministry, Scripture, Theology
Last week, I shared with you some practices that I have found to be helpful as I work to combat the sin in my life. Today, I would like to continue that conversation. There are some other things that I have learned about the war against sin, and I would like to share...