The disciple’s sixth sense: seeing in the dark
Navigating our faith in the dark seasons of life requires the development of a sixth sense, an ability to engage and perceive God beyond the five senses through which we experience our natural world.
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Border Stories: Meet me in the middle
When it comes to the border crisis, the church must sit in the tension with humility and an appetite for learning.
A face worth seeking
In more ways than one, we should approach the kingdom of God through the lens of innocence and wonder. We should aim to please.
Tearing down the wall of prejudice
Learn more About Voices Blogs The first recollection I have of watching how an immigrant was treated dates back to my teenage years in my native Brazil. A woman looking very distraught and dismayed entered our home, carrying a small suitcase and speaking to my...
Welcoming Christ
I encountered Jesus in the love and friendship I received from this girl and her mom, who moments before were no more than strangers.
“We space”: an invitation for every church
Four things that can bridge the immigration crisis
Model worshippers and “trendy” legalism
A new wave of legalism is plaguing the church, disguising itself in worldly expectations of beauty and trendiness.
White Christians and multiethnic ministry
Here are three crucial factors we must consider when approaching and engaging in multiethnic ministry.
Children of light
While depression can manifest itself in a physical way, sometimes it’s hiding behind the most jovial person in the crowd.
Border Stories: When I was hungry, you fed me
Pastor Maribel and the team at El Elyon Church just can’t stop when it comes to welcoming the immigrants who continue to arrive by bus in their community.
Border Stories: The kingdom in our midst
The kingdom is here — in the people in our schools and neighborhoods. There are people whose stories we need to hear and receive, but we have closed our ears and our hearts.
Border Stories: Six myths about immigration (part two)
Andrea Summers addresses the myths and misinformation about immigration, replacing them with a more robust, hopeful and redemptive picture of reality.
Border Stories: Six myths about immigration (part one)
Andrea Summers addresses the myths and misinformation about immigration, replacing them with a more robust, hopeful and redemptive picture of reality.
Border Stories: What about “those” people
Ambassador Jo Anne Lyon and a group of Wesleyan clergywomen visited the U.S./Mexico border to meet immigrants. People made in the image of God.
Generously selfish
Living generously also requires us to take seriously the spiritual discipline of simplicity.
Sunday best
The day I placed my faith in Jesus I was wearing blue jeans, Converse shoes and a ponytail.
On holiness & “hot takes”
In an age of hot takes, God’s perfecting Presence offers something better than a fleeting hit of dopamine.
Reflections from a Wesleyan pastor in Christchurch, New Zealand
As one desiring to be part of an authentic community in our church and our wider city, I recognize this means we “rejoice with those who rejoice and mourn with those who mourn.”
What is your spiritual love language?
Everyone has a primary spiritual love language based on one of the four parts of the Great Commandment: heart, soul, mind and strength.
Shifting worship in the West
As we move from being the chaplains of society to inhabiting true missional outposts, how might the critical role of the worship service need to change?
How love and pro-life ministry mix
If you’ve never been to an abortion clinic to do ministry, go there with a posture of love. It will change your life.
Trusting God’s trajectory
God’s call often leads us down trajectories that may seem crazy but are worth pursuing.
Holding on for dear life
Without dancing around the nitty gritty…would I have been a candidate for termination?
The power of Scripture in daily life
The Bible has supernatural possibilities.
