Nothing For Free: The Heart and Habits of Gospel Movement
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We talk about creating a collegiate church-planting movement, but that only is possible with many who are living to make that happen in their daily routines. Here’s how to create some habits of movement in your own life.
How To Not Ruin Your Summer
(4 min read)
With all the plans, vacations, and free time, here’s some ideas of how to not ruin your summer.
Teaching the Pursuit of Christ: A Lesson in Rocket Science
(6 min read)
Making disciples isn’t rocket science, but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn from it. Here’s what inertia and the pursuit of Christ have in common.
Get Over Yourself: The Path to Joy
(5 min read)
How to take your life seriously but not yourself.
The Value of Vulnerability
(5 min read)
In an age of autonomy and independence, why does vulnerability and community matter? So often we run from what is hard, but God asks us to run to him in community.
The Lies of Singleness
(4 min read)
Is singleness a test, a punishment, or something else? Here is one take on the purpose of singleness.
Service and Sacrifice
(3 min read)
How do movements happen? There is a level of personal sacrifice required.
Adulting 101: Health
Part two of our Adulting:101 series deals with how to steward our health in our twenties.
What I Learned Spending My Twenties Making Disciples
Here’s a sure-fire way to not waste your 20’s- spend your time making disciples.
Adulting 101
Pastor Craig encourages us to go against the millennial stereotype by stepping up and owning our twenties.
How To Leverage Your Engagement For The Kingdom Of God
Some advice for those no longer dating and not yet married. What does God intend for engaged couples during this season?
Overcoming Broken Masculinity
Whether aggressive and toxic or passive and dismissive, masculinity is an idea that has been thoroughly misrepresented since the fall of man. What started as a holy, self-sacrificing, God-designed leadership command meant for blessing and flourishing has turned into a broken, self-serving, man-designed system of manipulation and pain.
Celebrations and Challenges for our Church
I’d like to take a moment to lift our eyes and look at the journey of our church. Here are four things that I think are worth celebrating and three challenges that may lie ahead.
3 Sites in 3 Years - Lies I Believed While Church Planting
We now see how God used our obedience even if we couldn’t see it at the time. In fact, I now see how God was at work all while I was believing lies about the work we were doing. I want to share those lies with you. I highly doubt they exist only in teams that leave to reach new campuses. Chances are these lies exist in your own heart, where you are now. And we have to address them if we are going to continue planting churches and making disciples.
Servant’s Heart: Hosting 101
Jesus called us to live on mission, to love God and love others. What better, and easier, way can we do this than to invite people into our homes and feed them? Open up your house. Open up your life. Keep it simple. Serve others. Put your guests’ needs above your own. It doesn’t have to be much. Jesus just brought Himself to the table and if we can bring Jesus to our table with our friends, both believing and non-believing, I’d say we’re doing life-on-life together pretty well.
A Story of New Life
The New Year, New Me mantra rarely works, But God alone can make us new. Read a story of complete and total life change here.
What The Nativity Doesn't Tell You
As you watch the movies and see the plays of Jesus’ birth this season, don’t forget to ask the bigger question of Christmas: Why did Jesus come?
I Don't Have The Right Personality To Be A Leader
Have you ever believed the lie that you have to be an ENFP to be in leadership? Or an ESTJ to get anything done? These are lies that keep you from reaching your joy in serving. Read about why the church needs all types and personalities to own their gift sets and lead.