Personal Growth and Renewal
Just like learning to tune an instrument, it takes time to tune into the voice of God.
What makes you busy yourself with every part of your day, so that God has no room to just be with you and speak with you, and you with him?
How do we discern God’s will for our lives? Many Christians feel paralyzed and frightened because they hold false views of God’s will.
Looking for a job can be like riding an emotional roller coaster. It's important to remember that our identity and sense of self-worth need not be defined by those who have the power to hire us.
We want to be efficient and plan well, but we also want to rest in God's sufficiency.
Have you struggled with being too busy all through your college years? You're not alone.
A quote about busyness and productivity by J. Robert Clinton
A busy leader decides to change his priorities.
We can find joy in a God who is himself joy.
God wants our speech to be the Incarnation in miniature, full of grace and truth.
Failure affects everyone. That’s why learning to deal with our limitations is the key to avoiding a mental, spiritual or physical breakdown.
A young Latina's feelings of not looking “Latina enough” drove her to search for the roots of her pain.
A parable about Jesus' patient work in our lives.
Jesus puts forward a picture of God that is a radical departure from the legalistic keeper of accounts the Pharisees promoted. Jesus is the one who does for us what we cannot do for ourselves. We allow ourselves to be found by Jesus.
Sometimes perfectionism bogs us down. Here's how to keep yourself from being overwhelmed by the negative, nagging voices in your head.
A poem about Sabbath rest, inside back cover.
Martha Stewart and chicken soup just don't cut it.
Sidebar to "How to Care for your Soul". Busy leaders, it's okay to let your walls down and allow others to care for you.
Sidebar to "How to Care for your Soul": Discover how to avoid spiritual burnout.
Sidebar to "How to Care for your Soul": Help for busyness and burnout.
Driven leaders often lose perspective on ministry and success. Author learns to become the returning prodigal son and to be held by the Father.
We tend to build our worth on how we appear to others. Let's build our worth on the love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ instead.
Sidebar to "How to Care for your Soul": A poem for leaders who live busy, active lives.
How to survive and grow in your re-entry from a cross-cultural experience.
Sidebar to "Home Again!"
Suggestions for summer: great reading and excellent videos
Quote by Max Lucado
We long for something deep--something only a love relationship with God can satisfy.
Sidebar to "Kindling Your Love for God": Discussion Questions
If you dread Sundays instead of finding them restful, this article is for you.
Sidebar to "I'm Tired of Hating Sundays": Questions to help you change your responses to your given realities.
Cover Quote
Cover quote
What do you do when someone surprises you with harsh words of correction?
Risk is hard, risk is good, and sometimes God calls us to take challenging steps of faith.
What does God want us to pray for, and why do our prayers often seem to go unanswered?
Sidebar to "Prayer Attitudes"
The world is filled with ideas about what a real leader is, but most of them are dead wrong. Here is a different view.
Is enjoying yourself wrong?
Having friends and being friends are two very different things.
Sidebar to "The Art of Friendship"
How can you care for others in the kingdom and help them become better disciples of Jesus Christ?
A hands-on lordship commitment in NY
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