by Walter Norvell | Aug 23, 2019 | Carroll Community, Scripture
I decided that was the last shirt I would ruin with my ballpoint pens. I had ruined shirt after shirt. While most of my written words were composed on the computer screen, I have always carried a pen, very often forgetting to retract it before putting it back into my...
by Karl Fickling | Jun 14, 2018 | Carroll Community
It was such a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Over two days, I would be attending four plenary sessions with one of the leading, national influences of Christian thought. He was a professor, prolific writer (over a dozen books), and sought-after speaker who attracted...
by Walter Norvell | Jan 26, 2017 | Leadership, Ministry
Why don’t we pray in ways that match what we say we believe about prayer? I suspect that though we give prayer lip service, we don’t pray because we don’t make time to pray. I also suspect that we know so little about God and His work that we don’t know how to pray....
by Chris Sims | Sep 1, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry, Theology
We are very results-oriented aren’t we? Even within ministry, we like to see the wins. We want to see baptisms and salvations and numerical growth. Yet, the end result in discipleship is much less measurable. It is: Meaning – You could use the word purpose...
by Chris Sims | Aug 18, 2016 | Education, Leadership, Ministry, Theology
Made by God. Marred by Sin. Mended by Christ. What’s next? Morphed – Yes, I stretched that ‘M’. I know, I know. But the process of metamorphosis isn’t far from what can happen in the life of a follower of Christ. Change requires time and...
