Healthy Churches Are Generous
Healthy Churches are generous, in addition to being hospitable, and inviting. They have members to whom giving is a part of who they are as a Church. Let’s start with this Scripture as the foundation for our short reflection, The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully […]
Healthy Churches Have Members Who Are Inviting
Healthy Churches have members who are inviting. Let’s look at Romans 15: 7-9. It’s a passage that you may have heard of a lot, especially these words: Welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. ESV. Since the New Testament original texts were written in Greek, the original Greek word […]
Hospitality is a Marker for a Healthy Church
Hospitality is a marker for a Healthy Church. What’s a Healthy church? Good question! We should start defining what a healthy church may mean. Of course, the concept of “healthy churches” is found nowhere in the Bible. The only place, however, and where we can get an idea of how a Healthy should operate is […]
Community Helps You Experience Healing
In addition to faith, the renewal of the mind, and a sense of freedom, community also plays a role in help us experience personal healing. In my previous articles, I discussed the following: How your faith can help you experience healing. How renewing your mind can help you experience healing. How having a sense of […]
Freedom Helps You Experience Healing
Another critical element of personal healing is a sense of freedom. That’s in addition to faith and renewing of the mind, which I discussed in my previous articles. Find them here: Faith helps you experience healing. Your mind helps you experience healing. So, what kind of freedom do we then need for us to experience […]
Your Mind Helps You Experience Healing
Renew your way of thinking, and you can experience healing! Of course, as you may agree with me, faith is key to our healing, which I discussed in my previous article. Yes, faith helps us experience healing. [bctt tweet=”Also, know that faith is a mental exercise.” username=””] In other words, faith is something that takes […]
Faith Helps You Experience Healing
You may have heard that Jesus can heal, or still heals even today. Of course, that’s something you read about in the Bible. Probably, you’ve read it as many times as I have. Also, perhaps, you’ve prayed with and for people asking God to heal. If you’re like me, I prayed twice and for many […]
Freedom and What It Should Mean for Us All
On this 4th of July, I took some time to reflect on freedom and its meaning in our individual lives. Of course, July 4th is the day the United States celebrates its independence. Let me tell you that almost every day, I give thanks to God for our country. Sometimes, those, who were born here, […]
A Biblical Three-Step Path to Experience Personal Healing – Ep. #14
In this video, I talk about a Biblical three-step path to personal healing. Here are the three steps: Refuel. Rest. Repair. The above steps consist of a partnership between you and God. In other words, you’ve got to have faith in God who still heals and at the same time, you’ve got to do […]
As I Think about and Pray for The United Methodist Church: My Fears and Hopes
As part of preparing for the Iowa Annual Conference, I’ve been thinking and praying a lot about the United Methodist Church. And, doing so has brought up fears and hopes. In this article, I wanted to share with you some of those fears and hopes I have been experiencing. I don’t know about you, but […]
