People need people. We were not meant to live in isolation. The global pandemic that has caused citywide lockdowns and shutdowns of churches across our country has deepened the already existing problem of isolation. While many churches have ceased to meet in-person inside their buildings for months their people have suffered. One way to ease […]
“The church must change!” That statement is wrong. The church has changed. The questions are: How much? Are church leaders willing to not only acknowledge but embrace that change, let go of church “as they knew it”, and rechart a new course? How much has the church changed? Let me address the first question in […]
4 Areas To Continue Tech Usage Post Lockdown The easiest thing for ministry leaders to do post lockdown is to go back to business as usual. What is business as usual? It means breathing a sigh of relief and being thankful that this season has passed It is a return to the old way of […]
Should we be concerned about “all people” as Christians? Absolutely! Doesn’t Jesus say that he died for “all people”? You bet he did! “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 Didn’t Jesus instruct his followers to make disciples […]
On several occasions in Luke chapter 18, Jesus makes the point that how you view other people matters a great deal. For the sake of this discussion, we will only focus on one of those examples. The Pharisee and the tax collector In this story, Jesus compares to people who would have been viewed as […]
Repetition, repetition, repetition… People repeat themselves for many reasons. A parent repeats themselves trying to get their kids to listen An athlete repeats themselves as they train A person on the autism spectrum routinely displays repetitive behavior and/or speech A person with obsessive-compulsive disorder does things repeatedly God too repeats Himself routinely from cover to […]
It is interesting to see how creative people have gotten with making masks to wear in public. Wait. Stop. Re-read that sentence. What if you were to read this sentence a few months ago before the realities of this global pandemic had set in? You would think you were in some off base episode of […]
President Ryan Wolfe hosts the first IndispenseABLE Disability Ministry Leader Gathering via Zoom. To sign up for the next meeting, please visit http://indispensableconference.com. “God is calling us to move away from worshipping celebrity pastors, from practicing consumeristic Christianity, and from turning religion into a spectator sport. God is calling us to move towards compassion, action, […]
Binge-watching movies, mini-series, and shows during a global pandemic is something that nearly everyone participates in to pass the time. Our family is no different. We have consumed more stories over the past two months than we probably have over the past two years. One common thread that I have seen between all these stories […]
President Ryan Wolfe covers 6 helpful tips on teaching within disability ministry. To download the presentation and blog post mentioned in the video, click here.
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