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March 19, 2021

By Kelly Aalseth

What Responsibilities Should I Accept? 6 Helpful Discernment Questions

With so many people hurting right now, I want to be available to everyone. But I’ll never be able to hold all that responsibility in my tiny little pockets. Jesus never asked me to.

March 11, 2021

By Chandra Crane

Lessons from Jesus: Growing as Introverted Leaders

I know we can’t peg Jesus’ personality type (although die-hard Enneagram or Myers-Briggs types might try!), but I do think his example offers comfort and encouragement to us introverted folks.

March 05, 2021

By Alexis Barnhart

Ḥuṣpāh: How New Christians Can Lead

“Who am I to lead?” I’ve asked myself that many times. Maybe you have too, as a new Christian. As if our story is separate from the Church, and we don’t belong.

February 25, 2021

By Shawn Abraham

Selling Everything to Buy the Field

Just like the parable, EC “sold” what she had, so she could follow Jesus’s calling. She knew Jesus was the far greater treasure.

February 19, 2021

By Ashley Bauer-Yuen

Mixed Blessing & Multiethnic Identity—An Essential Read for Everyone

For so many reasons, I really appreciated Crane’s book. It was specifically written for me and anyone else with a multiethnic identity.

February 11, 2021

By Nathan Peterson

Diving into Jonah—In-the-Belly Waiting

Suffice it to say, it seems like more than a few connections can be made between our situation and Jonah’s in-the-belly waiting.

February 04, 2021

By Stephan Teng

A Snapshot of Running Large Groups Online

As campus was closing due to COVID, we felt an invitation to step into the unknown and experiment and learn, to be a community committed to each other even when separated.

January 29, 2021

By Shawn Abraham

The True Gift of Healing Prayer

I heard a sermon about how the true beauty of healing prayer lies in its portrayal of the kingdom of heaven. It invites us to know Jesus more intimately. I didn’t really understand this until I saw healing prayer work differently than I expected.

January 21, 2021

By Steve Tamayo

Diving into Jonah—Overcoming Reluctant Ears, Hearts & Eyes

Reluctant. That’s how I see the prophet Jonah in his eponymous book. I get that reluctance. I wonder if that’s why I resonate with Jonah.

January 14, 2021

By Stephanie Fredrick

Parenting beyond the Five-Minute Future

Right now it may be hard to think of anything long-term—even the next five minutes may seem overwhelming—but God is faithful and asks us to not only look at the next five minutes with anticipation but to also find peace in knowing that he has all our minutes, hours, and days.

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