How long have you been preparing for Christmas? Every year, we all notice that the Christmas season seems to stretch earlier and earlier into the calendar year. But have you ever thought about the length of time that God planned out the coming of...

Even though we must be totally dependent on God to accomplish his mission in the world, God expects us to not only look for ways he is working, but to make ourselves available to the way God decides to work in any given place and time. Sometimes...

God lived among us, he was a neighbor, a friend, and our Messiah. Jesus came to a particular place, at a specific time, and to a unique group of people. God wasn’t blind to the needs of his people; he saw, heard, and immersed himself in the life of...

It takes intentionality to be aware of the gifts that God has given you, the context that you are in, and the needs you can fill. God has called all of us under his name (“Ambassadors”) to have missional impact. This however, will not happen...

God is always at work and so shall we be. This work includes labor as well as rest, play and celebration. We are to be “business” – not to be confused with “busyness”. This Business is our Father’s and the art of being about the...

We are called to be Christ’s ambassadors, sent by our King to bring the ministry of reconciliation to others. This might seem daunting when we wonder if we are capable or worthy of serving Christ in this capacity. We are helped by remembering that...

Too many of Christ’s followers think of mission as a two-step process: "first we'll reach our neighbors, then we'll go to the nations." As they came to understand the commission of Jesus, the early Christians realized that their assignment was...

It is too easy to get comfortable in our cozy church buildings when the vision of Jesus was always to send his followers out into the places where God was at work. When we look outward today it might be easy to think that something has gone wrong or...

The default reality in the western church today is for churches to be vendors of religious goods and services catering to church-going consumers. But Jesus said to make disciples, immerse them in God, and teach them to do everything he said. How did...

If he wanted to, God could do it all for us. Instead, he invites everyone to shape the faith communities in which we fellowship. A church is the collective embodiment of its individuals, their callings, their gifts and their intentional effort to...