Have you ever tried to memorize an entire book of the Bible? Just after college, a group of my best friends and I set out to do just that. Our logic told us to pick a shorter book and one that flowed like a story, rather than a list of rules or Psalms. We decided […]

Church Planting, for years now, if not decades, has gotten a lot of attention. Websites like newchurches.com have helped hundreds of church plants start and get off the ground. Planting a new church has a certain set of challenges that the average thriving church no longer has to deal with, but what about the churches […]

A Boomer’s LAMENT How we relate to the next generations has timeless consequences. by KERRY NATIONS I HAVE A HEART FOR YOUNG ADULTS and emerging adults — Millennials and what we are currently calling Generation Z. In full disclosure, there’s good reason for it. I’m the father, father-in-law, uncle, and uncle-in-law of seven Millennial young […]

Keeping It Real Blessings from a birth mother allow me to be a mom. by Allison Dellinger WELL, IT HAPPENED — right in the middle of the Fuzzy’s Taco Shop restroom. I was com­pletely caught off guard. I had been waiting for this moment for five years; but in all honesty, I thought I had […]

by Jana Magruder, Director of Lifeway Kids Churches across the world have embraced Vacation Bible School as a ministry strategy for over a century. The rich history of VBS points to why many churches continue to put the work and effort into what it takes to swing open the doors and invite an entire community […]

The Prayer Cup It sat on the edge of his desk, but their hearts centered around it. by JIM DUNBAR FOR SOME YEARS, I POSTED notes around my office computer monitor. The notes contained the names of family and friends whom I wanted to remember and pray for during my workday. I didn’t surround the […]

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