Tim Woodroof begins a series of articles by Interim Ministry Partners on discovering a congregation's mission by talking about how churches want to find someone to fill the pulpit in a hurry when they first need to discover who they are and what their mis
11/17/2013 by Tim Woodroof
Mark Frost of Interim Ministry Partners shares a powerful parable about Bill Knapp's restaurants and America's quick fix mentality about the North American church and its troubles.
10/27/2013 by Mark Frost
Greg Anderson reminds us why values are so important and how we must live out of our values with integrity.
10/06/2013 by Greg Anderson
Don't dwell on the past. Don't despair about the present. Look to the future and know that God is going to do wonderful things. And let that fill you with hope.
07/10/2013 by Tim Archer
Tom Norvel reminds us that life happens quickly, fast, and if we are not careful, we can get so busy that we miss life in all its fullness, abundance, and joy.
06/04/2013 by Tom Norvell
Phil Ware talks about burn out and how God restored Elijah to ministry and freshness after his great victory on Mt. Carmel and his collapse in the desert.
12/09/2012 by Phil Ware
We worry about the past and cannot do anything about it, but God can. We worry about the future and cannot do anything about it. But God can.
11/21/2012 by Steve Ridgell
Hypocrites say one thing while intending to do another. That is not what Christians do.
09/12/2012 by Steve Ridgell
Rick Brown reminds us that even though we may have already begun to slip back into the old way of living, the New Year can be bring us fresh life if we remember this.
01/17/2012 by Rick Brown
Phil Ware tells about a time he lost his son Zachary and then found him and the joy of finding lost sheep in the teaching of Jesus.
11/05/2009 by Phil Ware
Phil Ware talks about Nathan's rebuke of David using a shepherding story, the use of shepherd imagery to describe God, and the call of God's leaders to be shepherds to the people of God.
10/22/2009 by Phil Ware
Computers generate temporary files that can accumulate over time and slow down the system. We can get bogged down in the same way by things that accumulate in our minds over time.
06/24/2009 by Tim Archer
Patrick Odum talks about how we are all called to be ministers and challenges us to imagine church lived that way.
05/05/2009 by Patrick D. Odum
Tom Norvell looks at how the disciples must have felt right after Jesus' death and then talks about a year ending and the New Year beginning.
12/30/2008 by Tom Norvell
Tom Norvell reminds us that we need to live like the Lord is our God!
09/14/2008 by Tom Norvell
Mike Barres talks about his gravel driveway and how it gets full of ruts and how he goes about avoiding them and then he challenges us to avoid living in the ruts we have made in our churches and our lives.
07/06/2008 by Mike Barres
God gives us the chance to change the things we've done in the past, or at least make it as if we hadn't made the mistakes we did.
02/27/2008 by Tim Archer
Paul Faulkner reminds us that we need to live for the present to help others and keep our focus on the matters of the Kingdom rather than let our lives get filled with regret for the past.
11/09/2007 by Paul Faulkner
Despite common misconceptions, freedom is not granted by governments, nor won on a battlefield. True freedom comes from God and God alone.
07/04/2007 by Tim Archer
While spiritual leaders have wisdom and knowledge, they are not always right and we should seek to answer many of our own questions ourselves using the Bible as our guide.
01/30/2007 by Russ Lawson
Leaders build confidence, encourage others, and equip to serve and thus change the culture of an organization.
01/04/2007 by Rubel Shelly
Light a stuck anchor prevents a boat from advancing or moving, so we often get stuck in our pasts and can't go forward until we get rid of the dead weight that weighs us down and holds us back.
12/31/2006 by Rubel Shelly
The old Gallows of the city of Chicago were left in the basement for years and years and this reminds Patrick of things that we allow to sit around in our hearts and fester and destroy us for years.
12/27/2006 by Patrick D. Odum
So often, ministers and pastors won't let others minister to them, but we need to minister and be ministered to, we need to bless and be vulnerable so we can be blessed.
10/29/2006 by Jeff Lee
We've got to move from viewing people as personalities to seeing them as people to love.
03/06/2006 by Phil Ware