Refreshing Rest

By Brian Kannel, lead pastor at https://www.yorkalliance.org/ and author of Follow Me What do you do when you’re totally wiped out? I don’t just mean that you’ve had a long day, but more like a long week or series of months. The kind of bone-weary...

The Help of Leaders

by Angel Manuel Hernandez, www.misionmoderna.com, Canary Islands, Spain “And Gideon said unto him, Oh, my lord, if Jehovah is with us, why then is all this befallen us? (Judges 6:13). The Angel of the Lord appears to Gideon and says to him that the Lord is with...

Healthy, Not Perfect

by Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org When I was a college student considering becoming a pastor, a young associate pastor of a near-by church took me under his wing. “Stan” spent time with me discussing ministry and theology. He also invited me over for dinner...

How Do You Do It?

By Bill Mellinger, Crestline First Baptist I have the privilege and sometimes-unnerving responsibility of serving as a volunteer chaplain with our fire department. This means that I may get called in the middle of the night for a cardiac arrest. I may have to respond...

Healthy Leadership

by Joel Comiskey I was attending a Promise Keeper’s rally back in July 1996, when I first heard John Maxwell talk about true success. He said, “True success is having those closest to you love and respect you the most.” Maxwell’s recipe for success came from Christ’s...