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NextGen Leaders Conference Virtual Summit 2020
Friends: Here is the link to the teachings and worship from our NextGen Leaders Conference 2020. Enjoy! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1w4mqNN5B3lWf8EKn1QgCuQ5RZnG6bhNa?usp=sharing
Jim and Sterling O’Neill: The Day After
NextGen Friends: Our NextGen Conf. sequel follow-up this week on Word and Prayer was a spiritually and emotionally enriching 3-days for Sterling and me. How was your 4th day this week, the day after? For those who joined us for all 3-days this week for the NextGen,...
Josh and Jen Davis: Word Made Flesh
Shane O’Neill: Word and Prayer
I spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to pray Scripture, mostly because I want my heart to be bigger than my head. I don’t just want to know truth; I want to know Truth. Or to use St. Paul’s punch-you-in-the-heart language: “If any thinks he knows something,...
Josh Davis: As You Lead Us
Josh Davis loves people and loves to make safe space for complexity. A third-culture person himself, Josh...
Sue Drake: Allowing Our Hearts To Be A Conduit Of Living Water
I recently had the privilege of chaperoning a week of youth camp at Snowbird Wilderness Outfitters in Andrews, NC. While slightly insane, I managed to survive with a relatively sound mind and body and enjoy the daily offerings. One of the recreational activities was...
Fran Love: Prayer Practice–Ask, Review, Give Thanks
I want to share two ways I am relationshipping (yes, that’s a made-up word and a good one) with God through prayer and scripture that helps keep me vitally interested in both practices. PRAYER PRACTICE: Ask, Review, Give Thanks In the 1600’s a Spaniard named Ignatius...
Marvin Brubacher: The Wilderness Experience In Leadership
Ministry leadership begins with a discontent about the status quo and a compelling desire for change. A leader lives in the midst of several tensions: between the past and the future, between the desire to move forward and the desire to stay, and between uncertainty...
Wilson Green: A Simple, Special Discipline–Writing the Word
Some years ago, I asked a very precious prayer warrior and mentor of mine if he ever “plateaued” in his spiritual life. Did his “quiet time” become more duty than devotion? His answer surprised me. He said “Yes” and stated that he believed the Lord sometimes ALLOWED...