Let’s Celebrate

By Bill Mellinger, www.crestlinefbc.com In the United States, we are transitioning from Thanksgiving to the Christmas Season. The stores are promoting Christmas, hoping to make a lot of money during the Christmas season. Yet Christmas the Christmas season is far more...

“Buy Some Spurs” (Part One)

By Rob Campbell, www.cypresscreekchurch.com One of the most effective and respected pastors that I know once stated, “Everybody on the planet is starving for three things. Everybody is starving for understanding, everybody is starving for encouragement, and everybody...

Celebration is Vital 

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org  In 2014 Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, made it a point to write one thank you note each day. Douglas Conant the former CEO of Campbell’s Soup wrote at least 30,000 thank-you notes to employees over the...

Taking the Next Step in Encouraging Others

By Joel Comiskey, check out, Groups that Thrive Last night in my Life group we encouraged one another. We asked those present to share three things they appreciate about each person in the group. Carl told Brent that he was like a father to him, the one he never had....

Planting Churches in Spain

By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv I’m in Madrid, Spain, writing this blog, where I have been invited for the tenth anniversary of our branch church in this city. I was received at the airport early in the morning by our pastor in charge. During the day he told me about a...